Mechanisms Linking Drought

A new study found that evaporative demand, or the thirst of the atmosphere, has played a bigger role than reduced precipitation in droughts since 2000. Featured ...

Why is woody-plant mortality increasing? Mechanisms linking ...

Ultimately, mortality under drought, rising temperature, and rising carbon dioxide results from depletion of water and carbon stores, leading to ...

Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a ...

Ecological Modeling 155: 127–147. McDowell NG. 2011. Mechanisms linking drought, hydraulics, carbon metabolism, and vegetation mortality. Plant Physiology 155: ...

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Linking drought impacts to drought severity at the state level. Bulletin of ... Trees are stressed; plants increase reproductive mechanisms; wildlife diseases ...

Interaction of drought and frost in tree ecophysiology: rethinking the ...

The edges of plant distribution are strongly affected by abiotic constraints: heat waves and drought at low latitude and elevation, cold and ...

Mechanism of drought‐induced alterations in assimilate partitioning ...

(1988). Mechanism of drought‐induced alterations in assimilate partitioning and transport in crops. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.

Unraveling phenological and stomatal responses to flash drought ...

Results show that the compounding effects of reduced precipitation and high vapor pressure deficit (VPD) on vegetation distinguish flash drought ...

Link between Plant Phosphate and Drought Stress Responses

PSRs and ABA responses serve as distinct stress-responsive mechanisms in plants. The sequence of PSRs and ABA responses under drought varies, and a clear ...

Rapid hydraulic collapse as cause of drought-induced mortality in ...

Sound knowledge of the limits of tree hydraulic function is crucial to understand drought-induced tree mortality, although the mechanisms ...

Oak sprouts grow better than seedlings under drought stress. iForest

Mechanisms linking drought, hydraulics, carbon metabolism, and vegetation mortality. Plant Physiology 155 (3): 1051-1059. CrossRef ...

Comparing Drought Responses of Red Oak (Quercus rubra) and ...

2011. Mechanisms linking drought, hydraulics, carbon metabolism, and vegetation mortality. Plant Physiol. 155 ...

Droughts and Climate Change | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov

Drought is a serious environmental threat across the United States. Climate change exacerbates droughts by making them more frequent, longer, and more ...

Plant drought stress: Effects, mechanisms and management

The major mechanisms include curtailed water loss by increased diffusive resistance, enhanced water uptake with prolific and deep root systems and its efficient ...

Linking Anomalous Moisture Transport And Drought Episodes in the ...

Abstract Droughts are complex and may be triggered by different mechanisms, such as atmospheric circulation, moisture transport, and thermodynamic processes ...

understanding the mechanism of drought-induced mortality in trees

Three different physiological mechanisms have been proposed to explain drought-induced mortality in trees: hydraulic failure (HFH), carbon starvation (CSH) and ...

How Drought Impacts Women's Reproductive Choices: Insights from ...

Future research should explore the mechanisms linking drought and fertility outcomes, including the perspectives of men in reproductive decision ...

Friend or foe? The role of biotic agents in drought-induced plant ...

Drought-based mortality mechanisms are further influenced by plant interactions with biota such as neighboring plants, insect pests, and microbes. In this ...

Drought Impacts on Regional Ecosystems Network (DIREnet)

The Drought Impacts on Regional Ecosystems Network (DIREnet) fosters and facilitates research on drought effects and the potential role of global climate change ...

Research Spotlight: Climate-Driven Megadrought | Drought.gov

One of the primary reasons climate change is causing more severe droughts is that warmer temperatures are increasing evaporation, which dries out soil and ...

A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought ...

McDowell, N. G. Mechanisms linking drought, hydraulics, carbon metabolism, and. 478 vegetation mortality. Plant Physiology 155, 1051-1059, doi:10.1104/pp ...