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Mechanisms Linking Drought, Hydraulics, Carbon Metabolism, and Vegetation Mortality by McDowell, Nathan G

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Emerging signals of declining forest resilience under climate change by Forzieri, Giovanni, Dakos, Vasilis, McDowell, Nate G., Ramdane, Alkama, Cescatti, Alessandro

“…Forest ecosystems depend on their capacity to withstand and recover from natural and anthropogenic perturbations (that is, their resilience) 1 . Experimental…”
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Darcy's law predicts widespread forest mortality under climate warming by McDowell, Nathan G., Allen, Craig D.

“…A hydraulic corollary to Darcy’s law is used to predict the characteristics of plants that will survive during drought in a warmer climate. This indicates that…”
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The role of nutrients in drought-induced tree mortality and recovery by Gessler, Arthur, Schaub, Marcus, McDowell, Nate G.

“…Global forests are experiencing rising temperatures and more severe droughts, with consistently dire forecasts for negative future impacts. Current research on…”
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On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die-off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene by Allen, Craig D, Breshears, David D, McDowell, Nate G

“…Patterns, mechanisms, projections, and consequences of tree mortality and associated broad-scale forest die-off due to drought accompanied by warmer…”
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Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit by Grossiord, Charlotte, Buckley, Thomas N., Cernusak, Lucas A., Novick, Kimberly A., Poulter, Benjamin, Siegwolf, Rolf T. W., Sperry, John S., McDowell, Nate G.

“…Recent decades have been characterized by increasing temperatures worldwide, resulting in an exponential climb in vapor pressure deficit (VPD). VPD has been…”
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Increasing Impacts of Extreme Droughts on Vegetation Productivity Under Climate Change by Xu, Chonggang, McDowell, Nate G., Fisher, Rosie A., Wei, Liang, Sevanto, Sanna, Christoffersen, Bradley O., Weng, Ensheng, Middleton, Richard S.

“…Terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) is the basis of vegetation growth and food production globally and plays a critical role in regulating atmospheric…”
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Discrete element modelling of scaled railway ballast under triaxial conditions by McDowell, G. R., Li, H.

“…The aim of this study is to demonstrate the use of tetrahedral clumps to model scaled railway ballast using the discrete element method (DEM). In experimental…”
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Effects of nitrogen enrichment on tree carbon allocation: A global synthesis by Li, Weibin, Zhang, Hongxia, Huang, Guozhu, Liu, Ruixue, Wu, Hongjing, Zhao, Chuanyan, McDowell, Nate G., Field, Richard

“…Aim Increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition may have profound effects on tree carbon allocation dynamics. However, a comprehensive understanding of how…”
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How do trees die? A test of the hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses by SEVANTO, SANNA, MCDOWELL, NATE G., DICKMAN, L. TURIN, PANGLE, ROBERT, POCKMAN, WILLIAM T.

“…Despite decades of research on plant drought tolerance, the physiological mechanisms by which trees succumb to drought are still under debate. We report…”
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Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world by McDowell, Nate G., Allen, Craig D., Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina, Aukema, Brian H., Bond-Lamberty, Ben, Chini, Louise, Clark, James S., Dietze, Michael, Grossiord, Charlotte, Hanbury-Brown, Adam, Hurtt, George C., Jackson, Robert B., Johnson, Daniel J., Kueppers, Lara, Lichstein, Jeremy W., Ogle, Kiona, Poulter, Benjamin, Pugh, Thomas A. M., Seidl, Rupert, Turner, Monica G., Uriarte, Maria, Walker, Anthony P., Xu, Chonggang

“…Forest dynamics are the processes of recruitment, growth, death, and turnover of the constituent tree species of the forest community. These processes are…”
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Rooting depth, water relations and non‐structural carbohydrate dynamics in three woody angiosperms differentially affected by an extreme summer drought by Nardini, Andrea, Casolo, Valentino, Dal Borgo, Anna, Savi, Tadeja, Stenni, Barbara, Bertoncin, Paolo, Zini, Luca, McDowell, Nathan G

“…In 2012, an extreme summer drought induced species‐specific die‐back in woody species in Northeastern Italy. Quercus pubescens and Ostrya carpinifolia were…”
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A REMOTELY SENSED GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX by Mu, Qiaozhen, Zhao, Maosheng, Kimball, John S., McDowell, Nathan G., Running, Steven W.

“…Regional drought and flooding from extreme climatic events are increasing in frequency and severity, with significant adverse ecosocial impacts. Detecting and…”
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Allocation to carbon storage pools in Norway spruce saplings under drought and low CO2 by Hartmann, Henrik, McDowell, Nate G, Trumbore, Susan

“…Non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) are critical to maintain plant metabolism under stressful environmental conditions, but we do not fully understand how NSC…”
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New Insights Into the Role of Ubiquitylation of Proteins by McDowell, G S, Philpott, A

“…Posttranslational modification of proteins by the addition of ubiquitin and related modifiers has an essential role in cellular processes such as protein…”
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Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v.1-Hydro) by Christoffersen, Bradley O, Gloor, Manuel, Fauset, Sophie, Fyllas, Nikolaos M, Galbraith, David R, Baker, Timothy R, Kruijt, Bart, Rowland, Lucy, Fisher, Rosie A, Binks, Oliver J, Sevanto, Sanna, Xu, Chonggang, Jansen, Steven, Choat, Brendan, Mencuccini, Maurizio, McDowell, Nate G, Meir, Patrick

“…Forest ecosystem models based on heuristic water stress functions poorly predict tropical forest response to drought partly because they do not capture the…”
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Pragmatic hydraulic theory predicts stomatal responses to climatic water deficits by Sperry, John S., Wang, Yujie, Wolfe, Brett T., Mackay, D. Scott, Anderegg, William R. L., McDowell, Nate G., Pockman, William T.

“…Ecosystem models have difficulty predicting plant drought responses, partially from uncertainty in the stomatal response to water deficits in soil and…”
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Selective Extraction of Heavy and Light Lanthanides from Aqueous Solution by Advanced Magnetic Nanosorbents by Zhang, Huijin, McDowell, Rocklan G, Martin, Leigh R, Qiang, You

“…Rare earth elements (REEs) make unique and vital contributions to our current world of technology. Separating and recycling REEs is of great importance to…”
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Carbohydrate dynamics and mortality in a piñon‐juniper woodland under three future precipitation scenarios by DICKMAN, LEE T, MCDOWELL, NATE G, SEVANTO, SANNA, PANGLE, ROBERT E, POCKMAN, WILLIAM T

“…Drought‐induced forest mortality is an increasing global problem with wide‐ranging consequences, yet mortality mechanisms remain poorly understood. Depletion…”
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Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality by Park Williams, A., Allen, Craig D., Macalady, Alison K., Griffin, Daniel, Woodhouse, Connie A., Meko, David M., Swetnam, Thomas W., Rauscher, Sara A., Seager, Richard, Grissino-Mayer, Henri D., Dean, Jeffrey S., Cook, Edward R., Gangodagamage, Chandana, Cai, Michael, McDowell, Nate G.

“…As the climate changes, drought may reduce tree productivity and survival across many forest ecosystems; however, the relative influence of specific climate…”
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