This article reviews current drought effects on environmental systems. It stresses the need
for considering environmental drought as a relevant type to be included in drought …

Widespread tree mortality following droughts has emerged as an environmentally and
economically devastating 'ecological surprise'. It is well established that tree physiology is …

Accumulating evidence highlights increased mortality risks for trees during severe drought,
particularly under warmer temperatures and increasing vapour pressure deficit (VPD) …

Future anthropogenic-induced changes to the earth's climate will likely include increases in
temperature and changes in precipitation that will increase the frequency and severity of …

Context Forest landscapes worldwide are shaped by abiotic drivers such as fire, windstorms,
and drought, but also by biotic drivers like insect pests and pathogens. Although the effects …

During drought, the tree subpopulations (such as size or vigour classes) that suffer
disproportionate mortality can be conceptually arrayed along a continuum defined by the …

Despite great concern for drought‐driven forest mortality, the effects of frequent low‐intensity
droughts have been largely overlooked in the boreal forest because of their negligible …

Increased forest vulnerability is being reflected as more widespread and severe drought-
induced decline episodes. In particular, the Mediterranean area is revealing a high …

Climate-induced tree mortality became a global phenomenon during the last century and it
is expected to increase in many regions in the future along with a further increase in the …

In order to prevent emerging infective diseases (EIDs), which increasingly threaten trees of
agro-forest and urban ecosystems, a thorough understanding of the factors causing them is …