Standout Papers

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate chang... 2008 2026 2014 2020 5.5k
  1. A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests (2009)
    Craig D. Allen, Alison K. Macalady et al. Forest Ecology and Management
  2. Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought? (2008)
    Nate G. McDowell, William T. Pockman et al. New Phytologist
  3. On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die‐off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene (2015)
    Craig D. Allen, David D. Breshears et al. Ecosphere
  4. Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality (2012)
    Park Williams, Craig D. Allen et al. Nature Climate Change
  5. Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit (2020)
    Charlotte Grossiord, Thomas N. Buckley et al. New Phytologist
  6. The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality (2011)
    Nate G. McDowell, David J. Beerling et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  7. Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate (2015)
    William R. L. Anderegg, Jeffrey A. Hicke et al. New Phytologist
  8. How do trees die? A test of the hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses (2013)
    Sanna Sevanto, Nate G. McDowell et al. Plant Cell & Environment
  9. Increasing impacts of extreme droughts on vegetation productivity under climate change (2019)
    Chonggang Xu, Nate G. McDowell et al. Nature Climate Change
  10. Emerging signals of declining forest resilience under climate change (2022)
    Giovanni Forzieri, Vasilis Dakos et al. Nature
  11. The role of nutrients in drought‐induced tree mortality and recovery (2016)
    Arthur Geßler, Marcus Schaub et al. New Phytologist
  12. Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health: Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide (2022)
    Henrik Hartmann, Ana Bastos et al. Annual Review of Plant Biology
  13. The impacts of rising vapour pressure deficit in natural and managed ecosystems (2024)
    Kimberly A. Novick, Darren L. Ficklin et al. Plant Cell & Environment

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Nate G. McDowell 21919 11235 10826 204 27.4k
Craig D. Allen 22036 10494 12522 123 27.6k
David D. Breshears 20285 9605 10708 173 27.5k
I. Colin Prentice 12336 9349 5342 254 23.4k
John S. Sperry 26665 13464 10123 139 32.7k
Todd E. Dawson 14868 8515 6085 268 24.8k
Stephen Sitch 22741 9762 4447 250 29.5k
Frederick C. Meinzer 17575 9044 7848 256 22.6k
David S. Ellsworth 15169 5217 8228 168 23.0k
William T. Pockman 12384 5810 6107 97 16.6k
F. I. Woodward 11552 5186 6743 183 22.6k

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