Forests growing under dry conditions have higher hydrological resilience to drought than do more humid forests

D Helman, IM Lensky, D Yakir… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
More frequent and intense droughts are projected during the next century, potentially
changing the hydrological balances in many forested catchments. Although the impacts of …

Diverse responses of forest growth to drought time‐scales in the N orthern H emisphere

SM Vicente‐Serrano, JJ Camarero… - Global Ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To identify the main spatiotemporal patterns of tree growth responses to different time‐
scales of drought at a hemispheric scale using a climate drought index and tree‐ring …

Timing and order of extreme drought and wetness determine bioclimatic sensitivity of tree growth

X Wu, H Liu, H Hartmann, P Ciais, JS Kimball… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree resistance to extreme droughts and post‐drought recovery are sensitive to the drought
timing. However, how the bioclimatic sensitivity of tree growth may vary with the timing and …

Modeling regional drought-stress indices for beech forests in Mediterranean mountains based on tree-ring data

R Tognetti, B Lasserre, M Di Febbraro… - Agricultural and forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the recent spread of forest die-off worldwide, concerns arise about the relative
influence of specific climate parameters on tree growth decline in semi-arid environments …

The roots of the drought: Hydrology and water uptake strategies mediate forest‐wide demographic response to precipitation

R Chitra‐Tarak, L Ruiz, HS Dattaraja… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Drought‐induced tree mortality is expected to increase globally due to climate change, with
profound implications for forest composition, function and global climate feedbacks. How …

Ecohydrological implications of drought for forests in the United States

JM Vose, CF Miniat, CH Luce, H Asbjornsen… - Forest Ecology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The relationships among drought, surface water flow, and groundwater recharge are not
straightforward for most forest ecosystems due to the strong role that vegetation plays in the …

Photosynthetic and hydraulic traits influence forest resistance and resilience to drought stress across different biomes

Y Hu, W Xiang, KVR Schäfer, P Lei, X Deng… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drought events lead to depressions in gross primary productivity (GPP) of forest ecosystems.
Photosynthetic and hydraulic traits are important factors governing GPP variation. However …

Living on the edge: A continental‐scale assessment of forest vulnerability to drought

JMR Peters, R López, M Nolf, LB Hutley… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, forests are facing an increasing risk of mass tree mortality events associated with
extreme droughts and higher temperatures. Hydraulic dysfunction is considered a key …

The forest resistance to droughts differentiated by tree height in central Europe

T Li, L Guo, B He, L Liu, W Yuan, X Chen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
More frequent droughts are altering the dynamics and function of the European forest
ecosystem, which is deeply connected to the global carbon cycle. Tree height is an …

Drought timing influences the legacy of tree growth recovery

M Huang, X Wang, TF Keenan, S Piao - Global change biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Whether and how the timing of extreme events affects the direction and magnitude of legacy
effects on tree growth is poorly understood. In this study, we use a global database of Ring …