Climate change exposes vegetation to unusual drought, causing declines in productivity and
increased mortality. Drought responses are hard to anticipate because canopy transpiration …

Terrestrial disturbances are accelerating globally, but their full impact is not quantified
because we lack an adequate monitoring system. Remote sensing offers a means to …

Patterns, mechanisms, projections, and consequences of tree mortality and associated
broad‐scale forest die‐off due to drought accompanied by warmer temperatures—“hotter …

The global hydrological cycle is predicted to become more intense in future climates, with
both larger precipitation events and longer times between events in some regions …

Increasing aridity as a result of climate change is expected to exacerbate tree mortality.
Reducing forest basal area–the cross‐sectional area of tree stems within a given ground …

Airborne laser scanning (ALS) data enable accurate modeling and map** of aboveground
biomass (AGB), but the limited spatial and temporal extents of ALS data collection limit the …

Woodland ecosystems, dominant on nearly 4% of all terrestrial land globally, are faced with
a variety of threats, including increasingly prolonged and severe droughts, invasive insect …

Regional and continental-scale forest and woodland mortality appears to be accelerating
over recent decades (Allen et al., 2010; Peng et al., 2011). These contemporary increases in …

Widespread, high levels of tree mortality, termed forest die-off, associated with drought and
rising temperatures, are disrupting forests worldwide. Drought will likely become more …

Increasing evidence that pervasive warming trends are altering disturbance regimes and
their interactions with fire has generated substantial interest and debate over the …