Climate change, particularly increased aridity, poses a significant threat to plants and the
biotic communities they support. Dioecious species may be especially vulnerable to climate …

Human activities on floodplains have severely disrupted the regeneration of foundation
riparian shrub and tree species of the Salicaceae family (Populus and Salix spp.) throughout …

Abstraction, diversion, and storage of flow alter rivers worldwide. In this context, minimum
flow regulations are applied to mitigate adverse impacts and to protect affected river reaches …

Dryland riparian woodlands are considered to be locally buffered from droughts by shallow
and stable groundwater levels. However, climate change is causing more frequent and …

Methane emission from trees may partially or completely offset the methane sink in upland
soils, the only process that has been regularly included in methane budgets for forest …

The mechanistic understanding of drought‐induced forest mortality hinges on improved
models that incorporate the interactions between plant physiological responses and the …

In semi-arid regions, riparian forests access alluvial groundwater to supplement the limited
local precipitation. Understanding the sensitivity of riparian forests to variations in weather …

Abstract Narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia James) is an obligate riparian poplar
that is a foundation species in river valleys along the Rocky Mountains, spanning 16° of …

Riparian cottonwood forests in dry regions of western North America do not typically receive
sufficient growing season precipitation to completely support their relatively high …

Long duration tree-ring records with annual precision allow for the reconstruction of past
growing conditions. Investigations limited to the most common tree-ring proxy of ring width …