Tree mortality from an exceptional drought spanning mesic to semiarid ecoregions

Ecological Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 602-611

  Moore, Georgianne W ^a   Edgar, Christopher B ^a   Vogel, Jason G ^a   Washington Allen, Robert A ^b   March, Rosaleen G ^a   Zehnder, Rebekah ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute drought impact; Central North America; Dead carbon pool; Forest structure; Texas, USA; Tree death

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DROUGHT; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; MODIS; MORTALITY; NDVI; POPULATION SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TREE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

RAIN;

CLASSIFICATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEXAS; TIME FACTOR; TREE;

DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; RAIN; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84969847827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0330     Document Type: Article

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