Forest mortality due to drought: Latest insights, evidence and unresolved questions on physiological pathways and consequences of tree death

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 372-374

  Zeppel, Melanie J B ^a   Anderegg, William R L ^b   Adams, Henry D ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosphere atmosphere interactions; Carbon cycling; Carbon starvation; Climate change; Forest die off; Hydraulic failure; Plant hydraulics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; MORTALITY RISK; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DROUGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; TREE;

DROUGHTS; RESEARCH; TREES;

EID: 84871276839     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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