Physiological mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality are far from being resolved.

By Anna Sala, F. Piper, G. Hoch. New Phytologist, 2010

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Nonstructural carbon in woody plants. (2014, background): “The relationship between NSC depletion and mortality risk, and how this varies among different groups, is poorly understood (112).”
Interdependence of chronic hydraulic dysfunction and canopy processes can improve integrated models of tree response to drought (2015, background): “…that drought can result in chronic hydraulic impairment that lasts months to years [Anderegg et al., 2012; Ewers et al., 2007; Hacke et al., 2001; Sala et al., 2010] and for some xylem morphology a progressive increase in vulnerability to cavitation, which is sometimes referred to as cavitation…”
Responses to drought stress in Prunus sargentii and Larix kaempferi seedlings using morphological and physiological parameters (2020, background): “Recent theoretical advances suggest that water stress can cause the failure of sugar transport in the phloem, limiting carbohydrate utilization and promoting mortality (McDowell and Sevanto 2010; Sala et al., 2010; McDowell, 2011; Hesse et al., 2018).”
Causes and implications of the correlation between forest productivity and tree mortality rates (2011, background): “(Even the relative contribution of hydraulic failure to tree mortality during extreme drought remains unclear [e.g., McDowell et al. 2008, Brodribb and Cochard 2009, Sala et al. 2010, Hoffmann et al. 2011, McDowell 2011].)”
Species-specific water use by forest tree species: from the tree to the stand (2012, background): “…of tree hydraulic system or starvation by depletion of carbon reserves, they represent the mechanistic basis underpinning the recently observed decline of forest tree species under water stress conditions worldwide (McDowell et al., 2008, though see Sala and Hoch, 2009; Sala et al., 2010).”
Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine? (2012, background): “The possible sequestration of stored C pools is consistent with evidence that plants often fail to use all carbohydrate reserves following herbivory, shade or drought (Chapin et al. 1990, Millard and Grelet 2010, Sala et al. 2010, and references therein; Piper 2011).”
Response of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism and Secondary Metabolites to Drought Stress and Salt Stress in Plants (2019, neutral): “(Leuzinger et al. 2009; McDowell and Sevanto 2010; Sala et al. 2010; zanella et al. 2016).”
Selective drought-induced decline of pine species in southeastern Spain (2012, background): “This reinforces the search of mechanistic links between drought-induced growth decline, defoliation and physiological responses (Sala et al. 2010).”
Relationships between stomatal regulation, water-use, and water-use efficiency of two coexisting key Mediterranean tree species (2013, neutral): “Moreover, under prolonged drought, isohydric plants might risk depletion of internal carbon reserves (McDowell et al., 2008; Sala et al., 2010 ).”
Coupling between the terrestrial carbon and water cycles—a review (2019, background): “The phloem is the other transport tissue which brings carbohydrates downward in the plant from the leaf source to its sinks (Sala et al 2010, Nikinmaa et al 2013, Rathgeber et al 2016, Castagneri et al 2017, Ziaco et al 2018).”
Will a 385 million year‐struggle for light become a struggle for water and for carbon? – How trees may cope with more frequent climate change‐type drought events (2011, background): “However, the mechanisms for drought-induced tree mortality are still elusive and further research is needed (McDowell & Sevanto, 2010; Sala et al., 2010).”