Tree mortality in a warming world: causes, patterns, and implications
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- City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division; Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
This ERL focus collection has published 17 papers that have advanced our understanding of different dimensions of warming-induced tree mortality. Here we summarize these focus collection papers, organized by four topics related to tree mortality: pathogens, droughts/heat waves, fire/bark beetles, and teleconnections/air pollution. This focus collection illustrates a variety of methods in measuring and modeling tree-mortality, and adds significant new research findings into the scientific literature on tree mortality from hotter droughts. Some of these results also are useful for policymakers and forest managers in addressing amplified forest stress and tree mortality as a result of increasingly severe warming-induced climate and weather extremes.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1891769
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-178367
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Research Letters, Journal Name: Environmental Research Letters Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 17; ISSN 1748-9326
- Publisher:
- IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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