A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1285-1291

  Adams, Henry D ^a   Zeppel, Melanie J B ^b,c   Anderegg, William R L ^d   Hartmann, Henrik ^e   Landhäusser, Simon M ^f   Tissue, David T ^g   Huxman, Travis E ^h   Hudson, Patrick J ⁱ   Franz, Trenton E ^j   Allen, Craig D ^k   Anderegg, Leander D L ^l   Barron Gafford, Greg A ^m   Beerling, David J ⁿ   Breshears, David D ^m,o   Brodribb, Timothy J ^p   Bugmann, Harald ^q   Cobb, Richard C ^r   Collins, Adam D ^s   Dickman, L Turin ^s   Duan, Honglang ^t   Ewers, Brent E ^u   Galiano, Lucía ^v   Galvez, David A ^f   Garcia Forner, Núria ^w   Gaylord, Monica L ^x,y   Germino, Matthew J ^z   Gessler, Arthur ^aa   Hacke, Uwe G ^f   Hakamada, Rodrigo ^ab   Hector, Andy ^ac   Jenkins, Michael W ^ad   Kane, Jeffrey M ^ae   Kolb, Thomas E ^x   Law, Darin J ^m   Lewis, James D ^af   Limousin, Jean Marc ^ag   Love, David M ^d   Macalady, Alison K ^ah   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^ai,aj   Mencuccini, Maurizio ^ai,ak,al   Mitchell, Patrick J ^am   Muss, Jordan D ^s   O'Brien, Michael J ^an   O'Grady, Anthony P ^am   Pangle, Robert E ⁱ   Pinkard, Elizabeth A ^am   Piper, Frida I ^ao,ap   Plaut, Jennifer A ⁱ   Pockman, William T ⁱ   Quirk, Joe ⁿ   Reinhardt, Keith ^aq   Ripullone, Francesco ^ar   Ryan, Michael G ^as,at   Sala, Anna ^au   Sevanto, Sanna ^s   Sperry, John S ^d   Vargas, Rodrigo ^av   Vennetier, Michel ^aw   Way, Danielle A ^ax,ay   Xu, Chonggang ^s   Yepez, Enrico A ^az   McDowell, Nate G ^ba   more..

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^o University of Arizona   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^q ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^t NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^u UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^v SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^w UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^x NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^z FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^aa SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ae HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^af FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ag CNRS   (France)

^ah UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^ai CREAF   (Spain)

^aj UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^ak INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^al UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^am CSIRO   (Australia)

^an DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^ao CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

^ap INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^aq Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^as Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^at ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^au UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^av UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^aw UR EMAX   (France)

^ax DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ay UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^az INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^ba PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCADOPHYTA; DEFICIENCY; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE; XYLEM;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCADOPSIDA; DROUGHTS; MAGNOLIOPSIDA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; XYLEM;

EID: 85031921138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2397334X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0248-x     Document Type: Article

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