Toward the genetic improvement of drought tolerance in conifers: An integrated approach

P Baldi, N La Porta - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
The constant rise in the global temperature and unpredictable shifts in precipitation patterns
are two of the main effects of climate change. Therefore, there is an increasing amount of …

Variability in observed stable water isotopes in snowpack across a mountainous watershed in Colorado

RWH Carroll, J Deems, R Maxwell… - Hydrological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Isotopic information from 81 snowpits was collected over a 5‐year period in a large,
Colorado watershed. Data spans gradients in elevation, aspect, vegetation, and seasonal …

Regional tree-ring oxygen isotope deduced summer monsoon drought variability for Kumaun-Gharwal Himalaya

SK Shah, M Berkelhammer, Q Li, N Mehrotra… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The precipitation in the Kumaun-Gharwal (Uttarakhand) Himalaya (KGH) is predominantly
regulated by the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) and has been declining over the last …

Contribution of winter precipitation to tree growth persists until the late growing season in the Karakoram of northern Pakistan

R Huang, H Zhu, E Liang, A Bräuning, L Zhong, C Xu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Identifying the influence of seasonal source water on tree growth is essential to understand
the effect of climate change on forest dynamics. However, due to the lack of available long …

The influence of winter snowpack on the use of summer rains in montane pine forests across the southwest US

K Bailey, P Szejner, B Strange… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A two decade‐long megadrought, with likely anthropogenic causes, has impacted forest
growth and mortality across the southwestern US Given this event, and the future likelihood …

Climatic influences on summer use of winter precipitation by trees

GR Goldsmith, ST Allen, S Braun… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Trees in seasonal climates may use water originating from both winter and summer
precipitation. However, the seasonal origins of water used by trees have not been …

A Seasonally Varying Tree Physiological Response to Environmental Conditions: Results From Semi‐Arid China

Y Li, X Zeng, X Liu, MN Evans, G Xu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is the primary limiting factor for tree growth in water‐stressed regions through its
effects on xylem development. In this study, we developed intra‐annual series of tree‐ring …

Variability of snow and rainfall partitioning into evapotranspiration and summer runoff across nine mountainous catchments

M Sprenger, RWH Carroll… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the partitioning of snow and rain contributing to either catchment streamflow
or evapotranspiration (ET) is of critical relevance for water management in response to …

Montane forest productivity across a semiarid climatic gradient

JF Knowles, RL Scott, JA Biederman… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
High‐elevation montane forests are disproportionately important to carbon sequestration in
semiarid climates where low elevations are dry and characterized by low carbon density …

Modeling snow dynamics and stable water isotopes across mountain landscapes

RWH Carroll, J Deems, M Sprenger… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A coupled hydrologic and snowpack stable water isotope model assesses controls on
isotopic inputs across a mountainous basin. Annually, the most depleted isotope conditions …