Widespread tree mortality following droughts has emerged as an environmentally and
economically devastating 'ecological surprise'. It is well established that tree physiology is …

Drought-induced tree mortality, which rapidly alters forest ecosystem composition, structure,
and function, as well as the feedbacks between the biosphere and climate, has occurred …

Drought‐induced tree mortality is projected to increase due to climate change, which will
have manifold ecological and societal impacts including the potential to weaken or reverse …

Drought events are increasing globally, and reports of consequent forest mortality are
widespread. However, due to a lack of a quantitative global synthesis, it is still not clear …

Forest dieback caused by drought‐induced tree mortality has been observed world‐wide.
Forecasting which trees in which locations are vulnerable to drought‐induced mortality is …

Widespread tree mortality associated with drought has been observed on all forested
continents and global change is expected to exacerbate vegetation vulnerability. Forest …

Recent forest diebacks, combined with threats of future drought, focus attention on the extent
to which tree death is caused by catastrophic events as opposed to chronic declines in …

Drought-induced tree mortality has been observed globally and is expected to increase
under climate change scenarios, with large potential consequences for the terrestrial carbon …

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

Sudden and widespread forest die-back and die-off (eg, Huang & Anderegg, 2012) and
increased mortality rates (eg, Peng et al., 2011) in many forest ecosystems across the globe …