Abstract In coniferous western forests, recent widespread tree mortality provided
opportunities to test the long-held theory that forest cover loss increases water yield. We …

Resilience is the central concept for understanding how an ecosystem responds to a strong
perturbation, and is related to other concepts used to analyze system properties in the face …

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

Climate conditions significantly affect vegetation growth in terrestrial ecosystems. Due to the
spatial heterogeneity of ecosystems, the vegetation responses to climate vary considerably …

Tree planting is a prevalent strategy to mitigate urban heat. Tree cooling efficiency (TCE),
defined as the temperature reduction for a 1% tree cover increase, plays an important role in …

Abstract The 2009/2010 drought in Southwest China was a “once in a century drought”
event. This drought event had strong adverse impacts, such as water scarcity, crop failure …

The recurrent drought extremes have resulted in deleterious impacts on ecological security.
Despite that many attempts have been made to explore ecosystem responses to different …

Understanding precipitation-vegetation interaction is of great importance to implementing
adaptation and mitigation measures for terrestrial ecosystems. Many studies have explored …

The demand for large-scale and long-term information on tree growth is increasing rapidly
as environmental change research strives to quantify and forecast the impacts of continued …

Understanding the thermal contribution of urban land cover is crucial for alleviating urban
heat islands (UHIs). Extensive work has assessed this contribution by estimating the …