Lack of direct evidence for the carbon-starvation hypothesis to explain drought-induced mortality in trees

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Anna Sala. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009.

. 2009 Jun 30;106(26):E68; author reply e69.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0904580106. Epub 2009 Jun 8.

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Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought.
Adams HD, Guardiola-Claramonte M, Barron-Gafford GA, Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Troch PA, Huxman TE. Adams HD, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Apr 28;106(17):7063-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0901438106. Epub 2009 Apr 13. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009. PMID: 19365070 Free PMC article.

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