The recent mortality of up to 20% of forests and woodlands in the southwestern United
States, along with declining stream flows and projected future water shortages, heightens …

Headwater catchments in the mixed‐conifer zone of the American and Merced River basins
were selectively thinned in 2012 to reduce the risk of high‐intensity wildfire. Distributed …

Drought is an important stressor in forest ecosystems that can influence tree vigor and
survival. In the US, forest managers use two primary management techniques to promote …

Drought-and infestation-related tree die-off is occurring at regional scales and is projected to
increase with global climate change. These large-scale changes in vegetation are expected …

A team of UC researchers is investigating how thinning forests could increase the water
yield of the Sierra Nevada, which supplies about 60% of the surface water used by …

To understand the effect of restoration thinning on the water balance of upland semi-arid
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests of the southwestern US, we compared the …

Drought-induced tree mortality is predicted to increase in dry forests across the globe as
future projections show hotter, drier climates. This could potentially result in large-scale tree …

Climate-induced tree mortality is an increasing concern for forest managers around the
world. We used a coupled hydrologic and ecosystem carbon cycling model to assess …

As the climate changes, it is increasingly important to understand how forests will respond to
drought and how forest management can influence those outcomes. In many forests that …

Forest plantations are commonly used to restore the ecological and hydrological
functionality of landscapes. In this study, we investigated the hydrological response of a 74 …