Research communications research communications Tree die-off in response to global change-type drought: Mortality insights from a decade of plant water potential measurements

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 185-189

  Breshears, David D ^a   Myers, Orrin B ^b   Meyer, Clifton W ^c   Barnes, Fairley J ^c   Zou, Chris B ^d   Allen, Craig D ^e   McDowell, Nathan G ^c   Pockman, William T ^f  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORTALITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RESEARCH; WATER STRESS;

COLEOPTERA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; SCOLYTINAE; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 69249154295     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/080016     Document Type: Article

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