Drought legacies and ecosystem responses to subsequent drought

LM Müller, M Bahn - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of droughts. These
events, which can cause significant perturbations of terrestrial ecosystems and potentially …

Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress

WRL Anderegg, JM Kane, LDL Anderegg - Nature climate change, 2013 - nature.com
Forests provide innumerable ecological, societal and climatological benefits, yet they are
vulnerable to drought and temperature extremes. Climate-driven forest die-off from drought …

Divergent forest sensitivity to repeated extreme droughts

WRL Anderegg, AT Trugman, G Badgley… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Climate change-driven increases in drought frequency and severity could compromise forest
ecosystems and the terrestrial carbon sink,–. While the impacts of single droughts on forests …

On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die‐off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene

CD Allen, DD Breshears, NG McDowell - Ecosphere, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Patterns, mechanisms, projections, and consequences of tree mortality and associated
broad‐scale forest die‐off due to drought accompanied by warmer temperatures—“hotter …

An ecological perspective on extreme climatic events: a synthetic definition and framework to guide future research

MD Smith - Journal of Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Growing recognition of the importance of climate extremes as drivers of contemporary and
future ecological dynamics has led to increasing interest in studying these locally and …

The ecological role of climate extremes: current understanding and future prospects

MD Smith - Journal of Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Climate extremes, such as severe drought, heat waves and periods of heavy rainfall, can
have profound consequences for ecological systems and for human welfare. Global climate …

Nonstructural leaf carbohydrate dynamics of Pinus edulis during drought‐induced tree mortality reveal role for carbon metabolism in mortality mechanism

HD Adams, MJ Germino, DD Breshears… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation change is expected with global climate change, potentially altering ecosystem
function and climate feedbacks. However, causes of plant mortality, which are central to …

Cascading impacts of bark beetle‐caused tree mortality on coupled biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes

SL Edburg, JA Hicke, PD Brooks… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recent, large‐scale outbreaks of bark beetle infestations have affected millions of hectares
of forest in western North America, covering an area similar in size to that impacted by fire …

Ecohydrological consequences of drought‐and infestation‐triggered tree die‐off: insights and hypotheses

HD Adams, CH Luce, DD Breshears, CD Allen… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Widespread, rapid, drought‐, and infestation‐triggered tree mortality is
emerging as a phenomenon affecting forests globally and may be linked to increasing …

Impacts of global climate change on the floras of oceanic islands–Projections, implications and current knowledge

DEV Harter, SDH Irl, B Seo, MJ Steinbauer… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent climate projections indicate substantial environmental alterations in oceanic island
regions during the 21st century, setting up profound threats to insular floras. Inherent …