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Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

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  • Brendan Choat

    (University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Richmond, New South Wales 2753, Australia)

  • Steven Jansen

    (Ulm University, Institute for Systematic Botany and Ecology, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany)

  • Tim J. Brodribb

    (University of Tasmania, School of Plant Science, Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia)

  • Hervé Cochard

    (INRA, UMR547 PIAF, F-63100 Clermont-Ferrand, France
    Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, UMR547 PIAF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France)

  • Sylvain Delzon

    (INRA, University of Bordeaux, UMR BIOGECO, 33450 Talence, France)

  • Radika Bhaskar

    (Brown University, Environmental Change Initiative, Box 1951, 167 Thayer Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA)

  • Sandra J. Bucci

    (Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, 9000 Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina)

  • Taylor S. Feild

    (James Cook University, School of Marine and Tropical Biology)

  • Sean M. Gleason

    (Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia)

  • Uwe G. Hacke

    (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada)

  • Anna L. Jacobsen

    (California State University)

  • Frederic Lens

    (Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden University, PO Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands)

  • Hafiz Maherali

    (University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada)

  • Jordi Martínez-Vilalta

    (CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain
    Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain)

  • Stefan Mayr

    (University Innsbruck, Institut für Botank, Sternwartestrasse 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria)

  • Maurizio Mencuccini

    (ICREA at CREAF, Univ Autònoma Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain
    University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Crew Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JN, UK)

  • Patrick J. Mitchell

    (CSIRO, Ecosystem Sciences, College Road, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005, Australia)

  • Andrea Nardini

    (Università di Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy)

  • Jarmila Pittermann

    (University of California, Santa Cruz)

  • R. Brandon Pratt

    (California State University)

  • John S. Sperry

    (University of Utah, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA)

  • Mark Westoby

    (Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia)

  • Ian J. Wright

    (Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia)

  • Amy E. Zanne

    (Missouri Botanical Garden, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development
    George Washington University)

Abstract

Analysis of data from forest plants worldwide shows that margins between threshold xylem pressures at which plants suffer damage and the lowest xylem pressures experienced are small, with no difference between dry and wet forests, providing insight into why drought-induced forest decline is occurring in both arid and wet forests.

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  • Brendan Choat & Steven Jansen & Tim J. Brodribb & Hervé Cochard & Sylvain Delzon & Radika Bhaskar & Sandra J. Bucci & Taylor S. Feild & Sean M. Gleason & Uwe G. Hacke & Anna L. Jacobsen & Frederic Len, 2012. "Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought," Nature, Nature, vol. 491(7426), pages 752-755, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:491:y:2012:i:7426:d:10.1038_nature11688
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11688
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