Mechanisms of forest resilience

DA Falk, PJ van Mantgem, JE Keeley, RM Gregg… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Ecosystems are dynamic systems with complex responses to environmental variation. In
response to pervasive stressors of changing climate and disturbance regimes, many …

Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests

WRL Anderegg, AT Trugman, G Badgley… - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND Forests have considerable potential to help mitigate human-caused climate
change and provide society with a broad range of cobenefits. Local, national, and …

Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate

SI Seneviratne, X Zhang, M Adnan, W Badi… - 2021‏ - centaur.reading.ac.uk
Caption: Table A. 11. 2. Synthesis table summarising assessments presented in Tables 11.4-
11.21 for hot extremes (HOT EXT.), heavy precipitation (HEAVY PRECIP.), agriculture and …

Widespread and complex drought effects on vegetation physiology inferred from space

W Li, J Pacheco-Labrador, M Migliavacca… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The response of vegetation physiology to drought at large spatial scales is poorly
understood due to a lack of direct observations. Here, we study vegetation drought …

Triggers of tree mortality under drought

B Choat, TJ Brodribb, CR Brodersen, RA Duursma… - Nature, 2018‏ - nature.com
Severe droughts have caused widespread tree mortality across many forest biomes with
profound effects on the function of ecosystems and carbon balance. Climate change is …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the drought monitoring capability of VHI at the global scale via ensemble indices for various vegetation types from 2001 to 2018

J Zeng, R Zhang, Y Qu, VA Bento, T Zhou, Y Lin… - Weather and Climate …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Drought is one of the most complex and harmful natural disasters. A study on the temporal
and spatial patterns and the evolution of drought can provide a scientific basis for predicting …

Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities

RA Fisher, CD Koven, WRL Anderegg… - Global change …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Numerous current efforts seek to improve the representation of ecosystem ecology and
vegetation demographic processes within Earth System Models (ESM s). These …

Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

WRL Anderegg, JA Hicke, RA Fisher, CD Allen… - New …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to drive increased tree mortality through drought, heat stress,
and insect attacks, with manifold impacts on forest ecosystems. Yet, climate‐induced tree …

Plant xylem hydraulics: what we understand, current research, and future challenges

MD Venturas, JS Sperry… - Journal of integrative plant …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Herein we review the current state‐of‐the‐art of plant hydraulics in the context of plant
physiology, ecology, and evolution, focusing on current and future research opportunities …

Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation

L Rowland, ACL da Costa, DR Galbraith, RS Oliveira… - Nature, 2015‏ - nature.com
Drought threatens tropical rainforests over seasonal to decadal timescales,,,, but the drivers
of tree mortality following drought remain poorly understood,. It has been suggested that …