Drought threatens tropical rainforests over seasonal to decadal timescales,,,, but the drivers
of tree mortality following drought remain poorly understood,. It has been suggested that …

Shifts in rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures associated with climate change are
likely to cause widespread forest decline in regions where droughts are predicted to …

In 2005 and 2010 the Amazon basin experienced two strong droughts, driven by shifts in the
tropical hydrological regime possibly associated with global climate change, as predicted by …

Severe droughts have caused widespread tree mortality across many forest biomes with
profound effects on the function of ecosystems and carbon balance. Climate change is …

Plants influence the atmosphere through fluxes of carbon, water and energy, and can
intensify drought through land–atmosphere feedback effects,–. The diversity of plant …

Plants in most biomes are thought to be living at their hydraulic limits, and alterations to
precipitation patterns consistent with climate change trends are causing die-back in forests …

An investigation of naturally occurring water recycling in rainforests finally marries the results
of global climate models with observations. Alarmingly, it also suggests that deforestation …

The rich ecology of tropical forests is intimately tied to their moisture status. Multi‐site
syntheses can provide a macro‐scale view of these linkages and their susceptibility to …

Non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) are major substrates for plant metabolism and have
been implicated in mediating drought-induced tree mortality. Despite their significance, NSC …

Evidence exists that tree mortality is accelerating in some regions of the tropics,, with
profound consequences for the future of the tropical carbon sink and the global …