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Direct and indirect climate controls predict heterogeneous early-mid 21st century wildfire burned area across western and boreal North America by Kitzberger, Thomas, Falk, Donald A, Westerling, Anthony L, Swetnam, Thomas W

“…Predicting wildfire under future conditions is complicated by complex interrelated drivers operating across large spatial scales. Annual area burned (AAB) is a…”
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Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area by Greenwood, Sarah, Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, Martínez‐Vilalta, Jordi, Lloret, Francisco, Kitzberger, Thomas, Allen, Craig D., Fensham, Rod, Laughlin, Daniel C., Kattge, Jens, Bönisch, Gerhard, Kraft, Nathan J. B., Jump, Alistair S., Chave, Jerome

“…Drought events are increasing globally, and reports of consequent forest mortality are widespread. However, due to a lack of a quantitative global synthesis,…”
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Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees by DeSoto, Lucía, Cailleret, Maxime, Sterck, Frank, Jansen, Steven, Kramer, Koen, Robert, Elisabeth M. R., Aakala, Tuomas, Amoroso, Mariano M., Bigler, Christof, Camarero, J. Julio, Čufar, Katarina, Gea-Izquierdo, Guillermo, Gillner, Sten, Haavik, Laurel J., Hereş, Ana-Maria, Kane, Jeffrey M., Kharuk, Vyacheslav I., Kitzberger, Thomas, Klein, Tamir, Levanič, Tom, Linares, Juan C., Mäkinen, Harri, Oberhuber, Walter, Papadopoulos, Andreas, Rohner, Brigitte, Sangüesa-Barreda, Gabriel, Stojanovic, Dejan B., Suárez, Maria Laura, Villalba, Ricardo, Martínez-Vilalta, Jordi

“…Severe droughts have the potential to reduce forest productivity and trigger tree mortality. Most trees face several drought events during their life and…”
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Microclimate and species composition shape the contribution of fuel moisture to positive fire-vegetation feedbacks by Barberá, Iván, Paritsis, Juan, Ammassari, Luciana, Morales, Juan Manuel, Kitzberger, Thomas

“…•Comparison of dead and live fuel moisture under forests and shrublands microclimate.•The moisture content of dead fuels shows a clear effect of…”
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Influences of fire-vegetation feedbacks and post-fire recovery rates on forest landscape vulnerability to altered fire regimes by Tepley, Alan J., Thomann, Enrique, Veblen, Thomas T., Perry, George L. W., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Holz, Andrés, Paritsis, Juan, Kitzberger, Thomas

“…1. In the context of ongoing climatic warming, forest landscapes face increasing risk of conversion to non-forest vegetation through alteration of their fire…”
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A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests by Allen, Craig D., Macalady, Alison K., Chenchouni, Haroun, Bachelet, Dominique, McDowell, Nate, Vennetier, Michel, Kitzberger, Thomas, Rigling, Andreas, Breshears, David D., Hogg, E.H. (Ted), Gonzalez, Patrick, Fensham, Rod, Zhang, Zhen, Castro, Jorge, Demidova, Natalia, Lim, Jong-Hwan, Allard, Gillian, Running, Steven W., Semerci, Akkin, Cobb, Neil

“…Greenhouse gas emissions have significantly altered global climate, and will continue to do so in the future. Increases in the frequency, duration, and/or…”
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Cost-effectiveness of dryland forest restoration evaluated by spatial analysis of ecosystem services by Birch, Jennifer C., Newton, Adrian C., Aquino, Claudia Alvarez, Cantarello, Elena, Echeverría, Cristian, Kitzberger, Thomas, Schiappacasse, Ignacio, Garavito, Natalia Tejedor, Polasky, Stephen

“…Although ecological restoration is widely used to combat environmental degradation, very few studies have evaluated the cost-effectiveness of this approach. We…”
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Multi-centennial phase-locking between reproduction of a South American conifer and large-scale drivers of climate by Mundo, Ignacio A., Sanguinetti, Javier, Kitzberger, Thomas

“…Climate forcings determine the episodic occurrence of local climate anomalies that trigger the occurrence of masting events (massive, synchronized and…”
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Contingent Pacific-Atlantic Ocean influence on multicentury wildfire synchrony over western North America by Kitzberger, Thomas, Brown, Peter M, Heyerdahl, Emily K, Swetnam, Thomas W, Veblen, Thomas T

“…Widespread synchronous wildfires driven by climatic variation, such as those that swept western North America during 1996, 2000, and 2002, can result in major…”
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Anthropogenic Factors Control the Distribution of a Southern Conifer Phytophthora Disease in a Peri-Urban Area of Northern Patagonia, Argentina by Guillermo Giordana, Thomas Kitzberger, Ludmila La Manna

“…Several mid-sized urban areas have established boundaries overlapping with the distribution of Austrocedruschilensis (D.Don) Pic.Serm. & Bizzarri forests in…”
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How do cold-sensitive species endure ice ages? Phylogeographic and paleodistribution models of postglacial range expansion of the mesothermic drought-tolerant conifer Austrocedrus chilensis by Souto, Cintia P., Kitzberger, Thomas, Arbetman, Marina P., Premoli, Andrea C.

“…In view of global climate change, it is important to understand the responses of tree species to climate changes in the past. Combinations of phylogeographic…”
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Effects of position, understorey vegetation and coarse woody debris on tree regeneration in two environmentally contrasting forests of north-western Patagonia: a manipulative approach by Heinemann, Karin, Kitzberger, Thomas

“…Aim To investigate the differential effects of position within gaps, coarse woody debris and understorey cover on tree seedling survival in canopy gaps in two…”
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Patterns and mechanisms of masting in the large-seeded southern hemisphere conifer Araucaria araucana by SANGUINETTI, JAVIER, KITZBERGER, THOMAS

“…Masting, the intermittent and synchronous production of large seed crops, may result from either of two major processes: resource matching and economy of…”
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Pine Plantations and Invasion Alter Fuel Structure and Potential Fire Behavior in a Patagonian Forest-Steppe Ecotone by Juan Paritsis, Jennifer B. Landesmann, Thomas Kitzberger, Florencia Tiribelli, Yamila Sasal, Carolina Quintero, Romina D. Dimarco, María N. Barrios-García, Aimé L. Iglesias, Juan P. Diez, Mauro Sarasola, Martín A. Nuñez

“…Planted and invading non-native plant species can alter fire regimes through changes in fuel loads and in the structure and continuity of fuels, potentially…”
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Niche squeeze induced by climate change of the cold-tolerant subtropical montane Podocarpus parlatorei by Quiroga, María Paula, Premoli, Andrea C, Kitzberger, Thomas

“…Under changing climates, the persistence of montane subtropical taxa may be threatened as suitable habitats decrease with elevation. We developed future…”
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Climatic and Human Influences on Fire Regimes in Ponderosa Pine Forests in the Colorado Front Range by Veblen, Thomas T., Kitzberger, Thomas, Donnegan, Joseph

“…In the northern Colorado Front Range, fire suppression during the 20th century is believed to have created a high hazard of catastrophic fire in ponderosa pine…”
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Habitat distribution modeling reveals vegetation flammability and land use as drivers of wildfire in SW Patagonia by Paritsis, Juan, Holz, Andrés, Veblen, Thomas T, Kitzberger, Thomas

“…Despite important recent advances in modeling current and future global fire activity in relation to biophysical predictors there remain important…”
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Effects of introduced ungulates on forest understory communities in northern Patagonia are modified by timing and severity of stand mortality by Relva, María Andrea, Westerholm, Christian López, Kitzberger, Thomas

“…Natural disturbances such as fires, windstorms, floods, and herbivory often act on plant communities, affecting their structure and the abundance and…”
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Historical and event‐based bioclimatic suitability predicts regional forest vulnerability to compound effects of severe drought and bark beetle infestation by Lloret, Francisco, Kitzberger, Thomas

“…Vulnerability to climate change, and particularly to climate extreme events, is expected to vary across species ranges. Thus, we need tools to standardize the…”
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Inter-hemispheric synchrony of forest fires and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation by Kitzberger, Thomas, Swetnam, Thomas W., Veblen, Thomas T.

“…Fire histories were compared between the south-western United States and northern Patagonia, Argentina using both documentary records (1914-87 and 1938-96,…”
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