Complex influences of meteorological drought time-scales on hydrological droughts in natural basins of the contiguous Unites States

M Peña-Gallardo, SM Vicente-Serrano, J Hannaford… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
We analyzed the relationships between meteorological drought and hydrological drought
using very dense and diverse network of gauged natural drainage basins across the …

Evaluation of morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits for assessing drought resistance in eleven tree species

N Bhusal, M Lee, H Lee, A Adhikari, AR Han… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The frequency and severity of drought are expected to increase due to climate change;
therefore, selection of tree species for afforestation should consider drought resistance of the …

Imaging spectroscopy of forest ecosystems: Perspectives for the use of space-borne hyperspectral earth observation systems

J Hill, H Buddenbaum, PA Townsend - Surveys in Geophysics, 2019 - Springer
The emerging challenges in preserving and managing forest ecosystems are multiscale in
terms of space and time, and therefore require spatially and temporally contiguous …

Increasing meteorological drought under climate change reduces terrestrial ecosystem productivity and carbon storage

Z Zeng, W Wu, Y Li, C Huang, X Zhang, J Peñuelas… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
The terrestrial biosphere absorbs about 30% of the CO 2 emitted by human activities each
year. The persistence of such a carbon sink, however, depends on vegetation responses to …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term growth decline precedes sudden crown dieback of European beech

A Neycken, M Scheggia, C Bigler… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) has strongly suffered from the exceptional 2018
drought and subsequent dry years that hit Central Europe. While many trees showed severe …

SurEau: a mechanistic model of plant water relations under extreme drought

H Cochard, F Pimont, J Ruffault… - Annals of Forest Science, 2021 - Springer
Key message A new process-based model, SurEau, is described. It predicts the risk of xylem
hydraulic failure under drought. Context The increase in drought intensity due to climate …

[HTML][HTML] SurEau-Ecos v2. 0: a trait-based plant hydraulics model for simulations of plant water status and drought-induced mortality at the ecosystem level

J Ruffault, F Pimont, H Cochard… - Geoscientific Model …, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
A widespread increase in tree mortality has been observed around the globe, and this trend
is likely to continue because of ongoing climate-induced increases in drought frequency and …

Recent increases in drought frequency cause observed multi-year drought legacies in the tree rings of semi-arid forests

P Szejner, S Belmecheri, JR Ehleringer, RK Monson - Oecologia, 2020 - Springer
Recent analyses on the length of drought recovery in forests have shown multi-year
legacies, particularly in semi-arid, coniferous ecosystems. Such legacies are usually …

Sensitivity to water stress drives differential decline and mortality dynamics of three co-occurring conifers with different drought tolerance

M Férriz, D Martin-Benito, I Cañellas… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought-induced tree decline and accelerated mortality under global change threaten
forests worldwide. Identifying environmental and structural factors driving tree mortality of …

Large hydraulic safety margins protect Neotropical canopy rainforest tree species against hydraulic failure during drought

C Ziegler, S Coste, C Stahl, S Delzon… - Annals of Forest …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Key message Abundant Neotropical canopy-tree species are more resistant to
drought-induced branch embolism than what is currently admitted. Large hydraulic safety …