Darin J. Law

TL;DR: It is shown that, across multiple tree species, loss of xylem conductivity above 60% is associated with mortality, while carbon starvation is not universal, indicating that evidence supporting carbon starvation was not universal.

TL;DR: The importance of considering the key risks of future large-scale tree die-off and other mortality events arising from increased VPD is highlighted, including effects of increasing atmospheric demand for moisture (i.e., vapour pressure deficit; VPD).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the influence of seasonal climate and phenology on soil evaporation in North American monsoon regions with respect to a gradient of mesquite cover (Prosopis velutina).

TL;DR: It is shown that a massive heat wave event straddling terrestrial and maritime ecosystems triggered abrupt, synchronous, and multi-trophic ecological disruptions, including mortality, demographic shifts and altered species distributions, implying that the extent of ecological vulnerability to projected increases in heat waves is underestimated.

TL;DR: In this article, a critical zone perspective is proposed to extend the scope of ecosystem services by specifying how critical zone processes extend context both spatially and temporally, determine constraints that limit provision of services, and offer a potentially powerful currency for evaluation.