Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area

Ecology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 539-553

  Greenwood, Sarah ^a   Ruiz Benito, Paloma ^a,b   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^c,d   Lloret, Francisco ^c,d   Kitzberger, Thomas ^e   Allen, Craig D ^f   Fensham, Rod ^g,h   Laughlin, Daniel C ⁱ   Kattge, Jens ^j,k   Bönisch, Gerhard ^j   Kraft, Nathan J B ^l   Jump, Alistair S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c CREAF   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^k GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Climate change; die off; forest dynamics; functional traits

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GYMNOSPERM; LEAF AREA; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOOD;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE; WOOD;

DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; LONGEVITY; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 85013480711     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12748     Document Type: Review

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