Peer Reviewed Publications
(+Anderegg lab post-doc, graduate student, or undergraduate student)
139. Kannenberg+, S. A., M.L. Barnes, D. R. Bowling, A.W. Driscoll, J.S. Guo, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2023). Quantifying the drivers of ecosystem fluxes and water potential across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum in an arid woodland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 329: 109269
138. Anderegg, W.R.L., Chao Wu+, Nezha Acil, Nuno Carvalhais, Thomas A. M. Pugh, Jon P. Sadler, Rupert Seidl (2022). A climate risk analysis of Earth’s forests in the 21st century. Science. 377: 1099-1103 (fulltext link)
– Reported by 49 news outlets including Bloomberg Business and Yahoo News
137. Cabon+, A., and W.R.L. Anderegg (2022). Large volcanic eruptions illuminate physiological controls of tree growth and photosynthesis. Ecology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14149
136. Tai, X., A.T. Trugman, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2022). Linking remotely sensed ecosystem resilience with forest mortality across the continental United States. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16529
135. Peltier, D, W.R.L. Anderegg, J. Guo, Jessica and K. Ogle (2022). Contemporary tree growth shows altered climate memory. Ecology Letters. 25: 2663-2674
134. Cabon+, A., S.A. Kannenberg+, A. Arain, F. Babst, S. Belmecheri, N. Delpierre, R. Guerrieri, J.T. Maxwell, S. McKenzie, F.C. Meinzer, D.J. Moore, C. Pappas, A. Rocha, P. Szejner, M. Ueyama, D. Ulrich, C. Vincke, S.L. Voelker, J. Wei, D. Woodruff, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2022). Cross-biome synthesis of source versus sink limits to tree growth. Science. 376: 758-761 (fulltext link)
133. Anderegg, W.R.L., A.T. Trugman, J. Wang, J., and C. Wu+. (2022). Open science priorities for rigorous nature-based climate solutions. PLoS Biology. 20: e3001929.
132. Coffield, S., C. Vo, J. Wang, G. Badgley, M. Goulden, D. Cullenward, W.R.L. Anderegg, and J. T. Randerson (2022). Using remote sensing to quantify the additional climate benefits of California forest carbon offset projects. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16380
131. Hawkins, L., M. Bassouni, W.R.L. Anderegg, S. Good, H. Kwon, C. Hanson, R. Fiorella, G. Bowen, and C. Still (2022). Comparing Model Representations of Physiological Limits on Transpiration at a Semi-arid Ponderosa Pine Site. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 14: e2021MS002927
130. , , , , , , et al. (2022) Future climate risks from stress, insects and fire across US forests. Ecology Letters, 00, 1– 11. (fulltext link) *contributed equally
– Reported by 37 news outlets including Newsweek, Eos, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal
129. Kerr+, K.L., L.D.L. Anderegg, N. Zenes+, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2022). Quantifying within-species trait variation in space and time reveals limits to trait-mediated drought response. Functional Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14112
128. Kannenberg+, S.A., A. Cabon+, F. Babst, S. Belmecheri, N. Delpierre, R. Guerrieri, J.T. Maxwell, S. McKenzie, F.C. Meinzer, D.J. Moore, C. Pappas, M. Ueyama, D. Ulrich, S.L. Voelker, J. Wei, D. Woodruff, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2022). Drought-induced decoupling between carbon uptake and tree growth impacts forest carbon turnover time. Agricultural & Forest Meteorology. 322: 108996
127. Novick, K. A., S. Metzger, W.R.L. Anderegg, M. Barnes, D. Cala, K. Guan, and 10 other authors. (2022). Informing Nature‐based Climate Solutions for the United States with the best‐available science. Global Change Biology. 28: 3778-3794
126. McDowell, N. G., Sapes, G., Pivovaroff, A., Adams, H. D., Allen, C. D., W.R.L. Anderegg, … 27 other authors. (2022). Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3: 294-308
125. Serra-Maluquer, X., A. Gazol, W.R.L. Anderegg, J. Martínez-Vilalta, M. Mencuccini, and J.J. Camarero (2022). Wood density and hydraulic traits influence species’ growth response to drought across biomes. Global Change Biology. 12: 3871-3882
124. Fiorella+, R.P., S.A. Kannenberg+, W.R.L. Anderegg, R.K. Monson, and J.R. Ehleringer (2022). Heterogeneous isotope effects decouple conifer leaf and phloem sugar δ18O and δ13C. Oecologia. 198: 357-370
123. Kannenberg+, S.A., A.W. Driscol, P. Szejner, W.R.L. Anderegg, and J. Ehleringer (2022). Rapid increases in shrubland and forest intrinsic water-use efficiency during an ongoing megadrought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118: e2118052118
122. Anderegg, W.R.L., J. Abatzoglou, L.D.L. Anderegg, L. Bielory, P. Kinney and L. Ziska (2021). Anthropogenic climate change is worsening North American pollen seasons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118: e2013284118
– Reported by 285+ news outlets including New York Times, Associated Press, Washington Post, Bloomberg, NBC Nightly News
121. Trugman, A. T., L.D.L. Anderegg, W.R.L. Anderegg, A.J. Das, and N.L. Stephenson (2021). Why is tree drought mortality so hard to predict? Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36: 520-532
120. Badgley+, G., J. Freeman, J.J. Hamman, B. Haya, A.T. Trugman, W.R.L. Anderegg, and D. Cullenward. Systematic over-crediting in California’s forest carbon offsets program. Global Change Biology. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15943
119. Wang, Y., W.R.L. Anderegg, M. Venturas+, A.T. Trugman, K. Yu, and C. Frankenberg (2021). Optimization theory explains nighttime stomatal responses. New Phytologist. 230: 1550-1561.
118. Flo, V., J. Martínez‐Vilalta, M. Mencuccini, V. Granda, W.R.L. Anderegg, and R. Poyatos (2021). Climate and functional traits jointly mediate tree water‐use strategies. New Phytologist. doi.org/10.1111/nph.17404
117. Anderegg, W.R.L. (2021). Gambling With the Climate: How Risky of a Bet Are Natural Climate Solutions? AGU Advances. 2:e2021AV000490
116. Kannenberg+, S. A., J. Guo, K.A. Novick, W.R.L. Anderegg, X. Feng, D. Kennedy, A.G. Konings, J. Martínez-Vilalta, and A.M. Matheny (2021). Opportunities, challenges and pitfalls in characterizing plant water-use strategies. Functional Ecology. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13945
115. Konings, A., and 34 authors including W.R.L. Anderegg. Detecting forest response to droughts with global observations of vegetation water content. Global Change Biology. 27: 6005-6024
114. Potkay, A. A.T. Trugman, W.R.L. Anderegg, M.V. Venturas+, Y. Wang, and Y.F. Reinfelder (2021). Coupled whole-tree optimality and xylem-hydraulics explain dynamic biomass partitioning. New Phytologist. 230: 2226-2245
113. Campbell, M. J., P. Dennison, K.L. Kerr+, S. Brewer, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2021). Scaled biomass estimation in woodland ecosystems: Testing the individual and combined capacities of satellite multispectral and lidar data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 262: 112511.
112. Peltier, D. M., J. Guo, P. Nguyen, M. Bangs, M. Wilson, K. Samuels-Crow, L.L. Yocom, Y. Liu, M. Fell, J.D. Shaw, D. Auty, C. Schwalm, W.R.L. Anderegg, G.W. Koch, M.E. Litvak, and K. Ogle (2021). Temperature memory and non-structural carbohydrates mediate legacies of a hot drought in trees across the southwestern US. Tree Physiology. doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpab091
111. Fiorella+, R.P., S.P. Good, S. Allen, J. Guo, C.J. Still, D.C. Noone, W.R.L. Anderegg, C.R. Florian, H. Luo, N. Pingintha‐Durden, and G.J. Bowen (2021). Calibration Strategies for Detecting Macroscale Patterns in NEON Atmospheric Carbon Isotope Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126: p.e2020JG005862.
110. Cabon+, A., and W.R.L. Anderegg (2021). Turgor-driven tree growth: scaling-up sink limitations from the cell to the forest. Tree Physiology. doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpab146
109. Klein, T., and W.R.L. Anderegg (2021). Global warming and urban population growth in already warm regions drive a vast increase in heat exposure in the 21st century. Sustainable Cities and Society. 73: 103098-105
108. Bay, R.A., D.S. Karp, J.F. Saraco, W.R.L. Anderegg, L. Frishkoff, D. Wiedenfeld, T. Smith, and K. Ruegg (2021). Genetic variation reveals individual-level climate tracking across the full annual cycle of a migratory bird. Ecology Letters. 24: 819-828
107. Kerr+, K.., N. Zenes+, A.T. Trugman, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2021). Testing the effects of species interactions and water limitation on tree seedling biomass allocation and physiology. Tree Physiology. 41: 1323–1335
106. Ballantyne, A., Z. Liu, W.R.L. Anderegg, Z. Yu, P. Stoy, B. Poulter, J. Vanderwal, J. Watts, K. Kelsey, and J. Neff. Reconciling carbon cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales (2021). Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 19: 57-65
105. Kannenberg+, S.A., A.W. Driscol, D. Malesky, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2021). Rapid and surprising dieback of Utah juniper in the southwestern USA due to acute drought stress. Forest Ecology and Management. 480: 118639
104. Venturas+, M.V., H.N. Todd+, A.T. Trugman+, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2021). Understanding and predicting forest mortality in the western United States using long-term forest inventory data and modeled hydraulic damage. New Phytologist. 230: 1896-1910
103. Kannenberg+, S., R. Fiorella, W.R.L. Anderegg, R. Monson, and J. Ehleringer (2021). Seasonal and diurnal trends in progressive isotope enrichment along needles in two pine species. Plant, Cell & Environment. 44: 143-155
102. Tai+, X., W.R.L. Anderegg, P.D. Blanken, S.P. Burns, L. Christensen, and P.D. Brooks (2020). Large hillslope hydrology influences on the long term and inter-annual variations of remotely sensed ecosystem productivity. Water Resources Research. 56: e2020WR027630
101. Peltier, D. J. Guo, P. Nguyen, M. Bangs, L. Gear, M. Wilson, S. Jefferys, K. Samuels-Crow, L. L. Yocom, Y. Liu, M.K. Fell, D. Auty, C. Schwalm, W.R.L. Anderegg, G.W. Koch, M.E. Litvak, and K. Ogle (2020). Temporal controls on crown non-structural carbohydrates and links to sapwood storage in southwestern US tree species. Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa149
100. Anderegg, W.R.L., A. T. Trugman+, G. Badgley+, A. Konings, and J. Shaw (2020). Divergent forest sensitivity to repeated extreme droughts. Nature Climate Change. 10: 1091–1095
99. Batllori, E., F. Lloret, T. Aakala, W.R.L. Anderegg and 23 other authors (2020). Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (47) 29720-29729
98. Mendoza, D., C. Pirozzi, E. Crosman, T. Liou, Y. Zhang, J. Cleeves, S. Bannister, W.R.L. Anderegg, and R. Paine III (2020). Impact of Low-Level Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone Exposure on Absences in K-12 Students and Economic Consequences. Environmental Research Letters. 15: 114052
97. Anderegg, W.R.L., A.T. Trugman+, G. Badgley+, C.M. Anderson, A. Bartuska, P. Ciais, D. Cullenward, C.B. Field, J. Freeman, S.J. Goetz, J.A. Hicke, D. Huntzinger, R.B. Jackson, J. Nickerson, S. Pacala, and J.T. Randerson (2020). Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests. Science. (Full text)
96. Trugman+, A.T., L.D.L. Anderegg, J. Shaw, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2020). Trait velocities reveal that mortality has driven widespread coordinated shifts in forest hydraulic trait composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (15) 8532-8538
95. Kannenberg+, S.A., C. Schwalm, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2020). Ghosts of the past: How drought legacy effects shape forest functioning and carbon cycling. Ecology Letters. 23: 891-901
94. Anderegg, W.R.L., and M.V. Venturas+ (2020). Plant hydraulics play a critical role in Earth system fluxes. New Phytologist. doi.org/10.1111/nph.16548
93. Wang, Y., J. Sperry, W.R.L. Anderegg, M. Venturas+, and A.T. Trugman+ (2020). A theoretical and empirical assessment of stomatal optimization modeling. New Phytologist. doi.org/10.1111/nph.16572
92. Zenes+, N., K.L. Kerr+, A.T. Trugman+, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2020). Competition and drought alter optimal stomatal strategy in seedlings. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 478-88
91. Kannenberg+, S.A., D.R. Bowling, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2020). Hot moments in ecosystem fluxes: High GPP anomalies exert outsized influence on the carbon cycle and are differentially driven by moisture availability across biomes. Environmental Research Letters. 15: 054004
90. Campbell, M., P.E. Dennison, J.W. Tune, S.A. Kannenberg+, K.L. Kerr+, B. Codding, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2020). A multi-sensor, multi-scale approach to mapping tree mortality in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Remote Sensing of Environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111853
89. Resco de Dios., V., W.R.L. Anderegg, X. Li, D. Tissue, M. Bahn, D. Landais, A. Milcu, Y. Yao, R. Nolan, J. Roy, and A. Gessler (2020). Circadian regulation does not optimize stomatal behavior. Plants. 9: 1091-99
88. Anderegg, W.R.L., A.T. Trugman+, D.R. Bowling, G. Salvucci and S. Tuttle (2019). Plant functional traits and climate influence drought intensification and land-atmosphere feedbacks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116: 14071-14076
87. Yu+, K., W.K. Smith, A.T. Trugman+, 12 co-authors, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2019). Pervasive decreases in living vegetation carbon turnover time across forest climate zones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116: 24662-24667
86. Tai+, X., D.S. Mackay, B.E. Ewers, A.D. Parsekian, D. Beverly, H. Speckman, P.D. Brooks and W.R.L. Anderegg (2019). Plant Hydraulic Stress Explained Tree Mortality and Tree Size Explained Beetle Attack in a Mixed Conifer Forest. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. 124: 3555-3568
85. Trugman+, A.T., L.D.L. Anderegg, J.S. Sperry, M. Venturas+, Y. Wang, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2019). Leveraging plant hydraulics to yield predictive and dynamic plant leaf allocation in vegetation models with climate change. Global Change Biology. 25: 4008-4021
84. Sperry*, J.S., M.D. Venturas+*, H. Todd, A. T. Trugman+, W.R.L. Anderegg, Y. Wang and X. Tai+ (2019). The impact of rising CO2 and acclimation on the response of US forests to global warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116: 25734-25744 *=contributed equally
83. Kannenberg+, S.A., K.A. Novick, M.R. Alexander, J.T. Maxwell, D.J.P. Moore, R.P. Phillips, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2019). Linking drought legacy effects across scales: From leaves to tree rings to ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 25: 2978-2992
82. Anderegg, W.R.L., L.D.L. Anderegg, K.L. Kerr+, and A. T. Trugman+ (2019). Widespread drought‐induced tree mortality at dry range edges indicates that climate stress exceeds species’ compensating mechanisms. Global Change Biology. 25: 3793-3802
81. Huang, C.Y., W.R.L. Anderegg, and G. P. Asner (2019). Remote sensing of forest die-off in the Anthropocene: From plant ecophysiology to canopy structure. Remote Sensing of Environment. 231: 111233
80. Sapes, G., R. Roskilly, S. Dobrowski, M. Maneta, W.R.L. Anderegg, J. Martínez-Vilalta, and A. Sala (2019. Plant water content integrates hydraulics and carbon depletion to predict population-level drought-induced seedling mortality. Tree Physiology. 39: 1300-1312
79. Anderegg, W.R.L., L.D.L. Anderegg, and C.Y. Huang (2019). Testing early warning metrics for drought‐induced tree physiological stress and mortality. Global Change Biology. 25: 2459-2469
78. Trugman+, A.T., L.D.L Anderegg, B.T. Wolfe, B. Birami, N.K. Ruehr, M. Detto, M.K. Bartlett, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2019). Climate and plant trait strategies determine tree carbon allocation to leaves and mediate future forest productivity. Global Change Biology. 25: 3395-3405
77. Hammond, W., K. Yu+, L. Wilson, R. Will, W.R.L. Anderegg, and H. Adams (2019). Dead or dying? Quantifying the point of no return from hydraulic failure in drought-induced tree mortality. New Phytologist. 223: 1834-1843
76. Rao, K., W.R.L. Anderegg, A. Sala, J. Martínez-Vilalta, and A.G. Konings (2019). Remotely Sensed Vegetation Optical Depth as an Indicator of Drought-driven Tree Mortality. Remote Sensing of Environment. 227: 125-136
75. Wang, Y., J.S. Sperry, M.D. Venturas+, A.T. Trugman+, D.M. Love, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2019). The stomatal response to rising CO2 concentration and drought is predicted by a hydraulic trait-based optimization model. Tree Physiology. 39: 1416–1427
74. Zeppel, M.J.B., W.R.L. Anderegg, H.D. Adams, P. Hudson, A. Cook, R. Rumman, D. Eamus, D.T. Tissue, and S.W. Pacala (2019). Embolism recovery strategies and nocturnal water loss across species influenced by biogeographic origin. Ecology and Evolution. 9: 5348-5361
73. Yu+, K., P. D’Odorico, S. Collins, C. David, A. Porporato, W.R.L. Anderegg, et al. (2019). The competitive advantage of a constitutive CAM species over a C4 grass species under drought and CO2 enrichment. Ecosphere. 10: e02721
72. Martinez-Vilalta*, J., W.R.L. Anderegg*, G. Sapes, and A. Sala* (2019). Greater focus on water pools may improve our ability to understand and anticipate drought-induced mortality in plants. New Phytologist. 223: 22-32 *Contributed equally
71. Yu+, K., G.R. Goldsmith, Y. Wang, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2019). Quantifying phylogenetic and biogeographic controls of plant nighttime stomatal conductance. New Phytologist. 222: 1778-1788
70. Love, D.M., M. D. Venturas, J. S. Sperry, P. D. Brooks, J. L. Pettit, Y. Wang, W.R.L. Anderegg, X. Tai, and D. S. Mackay (2019). Dependence of Aspen Stands on a Subsurface Water Subsidy: Implications for Climate Change Impacts. Water Resources Research. 55: 1833-1848
69. Anderegg, W.R.L., A.G. Konings, A.T. Trugman, K. Yu, D.R. Bowling, R. Gabbitas, D. Karp, S. Pacala, J.S. Sperry, B. Sulman, N. Zenes (2018). Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought. Nature.doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0539-7
68. Trugman, A.T., M. Detto, M. K. Bartlett, D. Medvigy, W.R.L. Anderegg, C. Schwalm, B. Schaffer, and S. Pacala (2018). Tree carbon allocation explains forest drought-kill and recovery patterns. Ecology Letters. 21: 1552-1560
67. Liu, Z., A.P. Ballantyne, B. Poulter, W.R.L. Anderegg, W. Li, A. Bastos, and P. Ciais (2018). Precipitation thresholds regulate net carbon exchange at the continental scale. Nature Communications. 9: 3596
66. Venturas, M., J. Sperry, D. Love, E. Frehner, M. Allred, Y. Wang, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2018). A stomatal control model based on optimization of carbon gain versus hydraulic risk predicts aspen sapling responses to drought. New Phytologist. doi.org/10.1111/nph15333
65. Tai X., D.S. Mackay, J. Sperry, P. Brooks, W.R.L. Anderegg, L.B. Flanagan, S.B. Rood, and C. Hopkinson (2018). Distributed plant hydraulic and hydrological modeling to understand the susceptibility of riparian woodland trees to drought-induced mortality. Water Resources Research. 54: 4901-4915
64. Anderegg, W.R.L., A. Wolf, A. Arango-Velez, B. Choat, D.J. Chmura, S. Jansen, T. Kolb, S. Li, F. Meinzer, P. Pita, V. Resco de Dios, J.S. Sperry, B.T. Wolfe, and S.W. Pacala (2018). Woody plants optimise stomatal behaviour relative to hydraulic risk. Ecology Letters. 21: 968-977
63. Trugman, A.T., D. Medvigy, J. Mankin, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2018). Soil moisture stress as a major driver of carbon cycle uncertainty. Geophysical Research Letters. doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078131
62. Stuart-Haëntjens, E., H.J. De Boeck, N.P. Lemoine, P. Mänd, G. Kröel-Dulay, I.K. Schmidt, A. Jentsch, A. Stampfli, W.R.L. Anderegg, M. Bahn, J. Kreyling, T. Wohlgemuth, F. Lloret, A.T. Classen, C.M. Gough, and M.D. Smith (2018). Mean annual precipitation predicts primary production resistance and resilience to extreme drought. Science of the Total Environment. 636: 360-366
61. Pellegrini, A.F.A., A. Ahström, S. E. Hobbie, P. B. Reich, L. Nieradzik, K. M. Robertson, A. C. Staver, B. Scharenbroch, A. Jumpponen, W.R.L. Anderegg, J. Randerson, and R.B. Jackson (2018). Fire frequency drives decadal changes in soil carbon and nitrogen and ecosystem productivity. Nature. 553: 194–198
60. Hartmann, H., C. Moura, W.R.L. Anderegg, and 14 others (2018). Research frontiers for improving our understanding of drought-induced tree and forest mortality. New Phytologist. 218: 15-28
59. Trugman, A.T., D. Medvigy, W.R.L. Anderegg, and S. Pacala (2018). Differential declines in Alaskan boreal forest vitality related to atmospheric drought stress. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13952
58. Fisher, R.A., C.D. Koven, W.R.L. Anderegg, BO Christoffersen, MC Dietze, C Farrior, J Holm, G Hurtt, RG Knox, PJ Lawrence, JW Lichststein, M Longo, A Matheny, D Medvigy, H Muller-Landau, TL Powell, SP Serbin, H Sato, J Shuman, B Smith, AT Trugman, T Viskari, H Verbeeck, E Weng, C Xu, X Xu, T Zhang and P Moorcroft (2018). Vegetation Demographics in Earth System Models: a review of progress and priorities. Global Change Biology. 34: 35-54
57. Anderegg, W.R.L.. (2018) Quantifying seasonal and diurnal variation of stomatal behavior in a hydraulic-based stomatal optimization model. Journal of Plant Hydraulics. 5, e001. doi.org/10.20870/jph.2018.e001
56. Bowling, D., B.A Logan, K. Hufkens, D.M Aubrecht, A.D Richardson, S.P Burns, W.R.L. Anderegg, P.D Blanken and D. Eiriksson (2018). Limitations to winter and spring photosynthesis of a Rocky Mountain subalpine forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 252: 241-255
55. Truetter, C., W.R.L. Anderegg, F. Biondi, G.W. Koch, K. Ogle, C. Schwalm, M.E. Litvak, J.D. Shaw, and E. Ziaco. Seasonal Climate Responses and Drought Legacy Effects in Tree-Ring Chronologies from the Southwestern USA (2018). Forest Ecology and Management. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.01.044
54. Hartmann, H., B. Schuldt, T.G. Sanders, C. Macinnis‐Ng, H.J. Boehmer, C.D. Allen, A. Bolte, T. Crowther, M.C. Hansen, B.E. Medlyn, N.K. Ruehr, and W.R.L. Anderegg (2018). Monitoring global tree mortality patterns and trends. Report from the VW symposium ‘Crossing scales and disciplines to identify global trends of tree mortality as indicators of forest health’. New Phytologist, 217: 984-987.
53. Klein, T., M. Zeppel, W.R.L. Anderegg, J. Bloemen, M. De Kauwe, P. Hudson, N. Ruehr, T. Powell, G. von Arx, and A. Nardini (2018). Embolism refilling and resilience against drought-induced mortality: Processes, trade-offs and life history strategies. Ecological Research. doi: 10.1007/s11284-018-1588y
52. Yu, K., D. Carr, W.R.L. Anderegg, K. Tully, P. D’Odorico (2018). Response of a facultative CAM plant and its competitive relationship with a grass to changes in rainfall regime. Plant and Soil. 2: 321-333
51. Cobb, R., K. Ruthrof, D. Breshears. F. Lloret, T. Aakala, H.D. Adams, C.D. Allen, W.R.L. Anderegg, and 15 other authors (2017). Ecosystem Dynamics and Management After Forest Die-off: A Global Synthesis with Conceptual State-and-Transition Models. Ecosphere. 8: e02034 (PDF)
50. Li, Y., K. Guan, P. Gentine, A.G. Konings, F.C. Meinzer, J.S. Kimball, X. Xu, W.R. L. Anderegg, N.G. McDowell, J. Martínez-Vilalta, D.G. Long, and S.P. Good (2017). Estimating global ecosystem iso/anisohydry using active and passive microwave satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. 122: 3306–3321 (PDF)
49. C.R. Schwalm, W.R.L. Anderegg, A.M. Michalak, F. Biondi, G. Koch, M. Litvak, K. Ogle, J.D. Shaw, A. Wolf, D.N. Huntzinger, K. Schaefer, J.B. Fisher, R. Cook, Y. Wei, Y. Fang, A. Jain, D. Hayes, M. Huang, and H. Tian (2017). Global patterns of drought recovery. Nature. 548: 202–205
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48. Anderegg, W.R.L., A. Wolf, A. Arango-Velez, B. Choat, D.J. Chmura, S. Jansen, T. Kolb, S. Li, F. Meinzer, P. Pita, V. Resco de Dios, J.S. Sperry, B.T. Wolfe, and S.W. Pacala (2017). Plant water potential improves prediction of empirical stomatal models. PLoS ONE. e0185481: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185481 (PDF)
47. H.D. Adams, M.J.B. Zeppel, W.R.L. Anderegg, Henrik Hartmann, and 48 others (2017). A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1: 1285–1291
46. Pellegrini, A.F.A., W.R.L. Anderegg, C.E.T. Paine, W.A. Hoffmann, T. Kartzinel, S. Rabin, D. Sheil, A.C. Franco, and S.W. Pacala (2017). Convergence of bark investment according to fire and climate structures ecosystem vulnerability to future change. Ecology Letters. 20: 307–316
– Highlighted in Nature research highlights section
45. Ballantyne, A.P., W.K. Smith, W.R.L. Anderegg, P. Kauppi, J. Sarmiento, P.P. Tans, E. Shevliakova, Y. Pan, B. Poulter, A. Anav, P. Friedlingstein, R.A. Houghton, S . Running (2017) Accelerating net terrestrial carbon uptake during warming hiatus due to reduced respiration. Nature Climate Change. 7: 148-152
44. Tai, X., D.S. Mackay, W.R.L. Anderegg, J.S. Sperry, P.D. Brooks (2017). Plant hydraulics improves and topography mediates prediction of aspen mortality in southwestern USA. New Phytologist. 213: 113–127 (PDF)
43. Sperry, J.S., Y. Wang, W.R.L. Anderegg, M. Mencuccinni, D.S. Mackay, M. Venturas, and D. Love (2017). Predicting stomatal responses to the environment from the optimization of photosynthetic gain and hydraulic cost. Plant, Cell & Environment. 40: 816–830 (PDF)
42. Gazol, A., J.J. Camarero, W.R.L. Anderegg, and S.M. Vincente-Serrano (2017). Impacts of droughts on the growth resilience of Northern Hemisphere forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26: 166–176 (PDF)
41. Wolf, A., W.R.L. Anderegg, and S.W. Pacala (2016). Optimal stomatal behavior with competition for water and risk of hydraulic impairment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113: E7222-E7230 (PDF)
40. Anderegg, W.R.L., T. Klein, M. Bartlett, L. Sack, A. Pellegrini, B. Choat, S. Jansen (2016). Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113: 5024-5029 (PDF)
39. Sperry, J.S., Y. Wang, B. Wolfe, D.S. Mackay, W.R.L. Anderegg, N.G. McDowell, and W.T. Pockman (2016). Pragmatic hydraulic theory predicts stomatal responses to climatic water deficits. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14059
38. Anderegg, W.R.L., J. Martinez-Vilalta, M. Cailleret, J.J. Camarero, B. Ewers, D. Galbraith, A. Gessler, R. Grote, C.Y. Huang, S. Levick, T.L. Powell, L. Rowland, R. Sánchez-Salguero, V. Trotsiuk (2016). When a tree dies in the forest: Scaling climate-driven tree mortality to ecosystem fluxes. Ecosystems. DOI 10.1007/s10021-016-9982-1 (PDF)
37. Cook, J., N. Oreskes, P.T. Doran, W.R.L. Anderegg, B. Verheggen, E. Maibach, J.S. Carlton, S. Lewandowsky, A.G. Skuce, S.A. Green, D. Nuccitelli, P. Jacobs, M. Richardson, B. Winkler, R. Painting and K. Rice (2016). Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming. Environmental Research Letters 11: 048002-9 (PDF)
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36. Smith, W.K., S.C. Reed, A.P. Ballantyne, C.C. Cleveland, W.R.L. Anderegg, W.R. Wieder , S.W. Running (2016). Large divergence of satellite and Earth system model estimates of global terrestrial CO2 fertilization. Nature Climate Change. 6: 306-310
35. Wolf, A., N. Zimmermann, W.R.L. Anderegg, P. Busby, and J. Christenson. Altitudinal shifts of the native and introduced flora of California in the context of 20th‐century warming (2016). Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12423 (PDF)
34. Anderegg, W.R.L., C. Schwalm, F. Biondi, J.J. Camarero, G. Koch, M. Litvak, K. Ogle, J.D. Shaw, E. Shevliakova, A.P. Williams, A. Wolf, E. Ziaco, S. Pacala (2015). Pervasive drought legacies in forest ecosystems and their implications for carbon cycle models. Science. 349: 528-532. <Full Text>
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33. Anderegg, W.R.L., A. Ballantyne, W.K. Smith, J. Majkut, S. Rabin, P.E. Kauppi, C. Beaulieu, R. Birdsey, J. Dunne, R.A. Houghton, R.B. Myneni, Y. Pan, J. Sarmiento, N. Serota, E. Shevliakova, P. Tans, and S. Pacala (2015). Tropical nighttime warming as a dominant driver of variability in the terrestrial carbon sink. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 12: 15591-15596 (PDF)
32. Anderegg, W.R.L., and N. Diffenbaugh. Observed and projected climate trends and hotspots across the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) regions (2015). Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 13: 547–552 (PDF)
31. Quentin, A.G., E.A. Pinkard, M.G. Ryan, D.T. Tissue, L.S. Baggett, H.D. Adams, P. Maillard, J. Marchand, S.M. Lanhäusser, A. Lacointe, Y. Gibon, W.R.L. Anderegg, and 30 others (2015). Assessing non-structural carbohydrates: can results be quantitatively compared among laboratories? Tree Physiology. 35: 1146-1165
30. Anderegg, W.R.L., J.A. Hicke, R.A. Fisher, C.D. Allen, J. Aukema, B. Bentz, S. Hood, J.W. Lichstein, A.K. Macalady, N. McDowell, K. Raffa, Y. Pan, A. Sala, J. Shaw, N.L. Stephenson, C. Tague, M. Zeppel (2015). Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13477 (PDF)
29. Anderegg, W.R.L., A. Flint, C. Huang, L. Flint, J.A. Berry, F.W. Davis, J.S. Sperry, and C.B. Field (2015). Tree mortality predicted from drought-induced vascular damage. Nature Geoscience. 8: 367-371 (PDF)
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28. Ballantyne, A.P., L.A. Cooper, R. Andres, P. Tans, J.C. Miller, C. Alden, J.W.C. White, G. Marland, R.A. Houghton, B. Stocker, R. Wanninkhof, W.R.L. Anderegg, M. DeGrandpre (2015). Audit of the Global Carbon Budget: Estimating errors and their impact on uptake uncertainty. Biogeosciences. 12: 2565-2584 (PDF)
27. Hartmann, H., H.D. Adams, W.R.L. Anderegg, S. Jansen, and M. Zeppel (2015). Research frontiers in drought-induced tree mortality: crossing scales and disciplines. New Phytologist. 205: 965-969. (PDF)
26. Anderegg, W. R. L. (2015). Spatial and temporal variation in plant hydraulic traits and their relevance for climate change impacts on vegetation. New Phytologist. 205: 1008-1014 (PDF)
25. Huang, C.Y., and W.R.L. Anderegg (2014). Vegetation and surface brightness dynamics after aspen forest die-off. Journal of Geophysical Research. 119: 1297-1308 (PDF)
24. Anderegg, W.R.L., and G. Goldsmith (2014). Public interest in climate change over the past decade and the effects of the ‘climategate’ media event. Environmental Research Letters. 054005: 1-8 (PDF)
23. Anderegg, W. R. L., L.D.L. Anderegg, J.A. Berry, and C.B. Field (2014). Loss of whole-tree hydraulic conductance during severe drought and multi-year forest die-off. Oecologia. (PDF)
22. Anderegg, W. R. L., E. Callaway, M. Boykoff, G. Yohe and T. Root (2014). Awareness of both type I and II errors in climate science and assessment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. (PDF)
21. Anderegg, W. R. L., J. Kane, and L.D.L. Anderegg (2013). Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress. Nature Climate Change. 3: 30–36 (PDF)
- Reported by: New York Times, Huffington Post, Voice of America, ClimateWire
20. Anderegg, W.R.L., L. Plavcova, L.D.L. Anderegg, U. Hacke, J. A. Berry, and C.B. Field (2013). Drought’s legacy: Hydraulic deterioration underlies widespread aspen die-off and portends increased future vulnerability. Global Change Biology. 19: 1188–1196 (PDF)
19. Anderegg, L.D.L.*, W.R.L. Anderegg*, J. Abatzoglou, A. Hausladen, and J.A. Berry (2013). Drought characteristics’ role in widespread aspen forest mortality across Colorado, USA. Global Change Biology. 19: 1526–1537 (PDF) *Contributed equally
18. Anderegg, W.R.L., and L.D.L. Anderegg (2013). Hydraulic and carbohydrate changes in experimental drought-induced mortality of saplings in two conifer species. Tree Physiology. 33: 252-260 (PDF)
17. L.D.L. Anderegg, W.R.L. Anderegg, and J.A. Berry (2013). Not all droughts are created equal: translating meteorological drought into woody plant mortality. Tree Physiology. 33: 701-712 (PDF)
16. Anderegg, W.R.L., J. A. Berry, D.D. Smith, J.S. Sperry, L.D.L. Anderegg, and C.B. Field. (2012). The role of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109: 233-237 (PDF)
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- Reviewed in Faculty of 1000
15. Huang, C., and W.R.L. Anderegg. (2012) Regional estimation of recent drought induced live aboveground biomass losses of the Rocky Mountains aspen forests. Global Change Biology. 18: 1016–1027. (PDF)
14. Anderegg, W.R.L. (2012) Complex aspen forest carbon and root dynamics during drought. Climatic Change Letters. 111: 983-991 (PDF)
13. Anderegg, W.R.L. and E.S. Callaway (2012). Infestation and hydraulic consequences of induced carbon starvation. Plant Physiology. 159: 1866-1874 (PDF)
12. Anderegg, W. R. L., L.D.L. Anderegg, C. Sherman, and D. Karp (2012). Effects of Widespread Drought-Induced Aspen Mortality on Understory Plants. Conservation Biology. 26(6):1082-90 (PDF)
11. Anderegg, W. R. L., J. A. Berry, C.B. Field (2012). Linking definitions, mechanisms, and modeling of drought-induced tree death. Trends in Plant Science. 17(12): 693-700 (PDF)
10. Zeppel, M., W.R.L. Anderegg, andAdams, H.D. (2012). Forest mortality due to drought: latest insights, evidence and unresolved questions on physiological pathways and consequences of tree death. New Phytologist. 197(2): 372-374 (PDF)
9. Wolf, A., W.R.L. Anderegg, S.J. Ryan, and J.A. Christensen (2011). Robust Detection of Plant Species Range Shifts Under Biased Sampling Regimes. Ecosphere. 2(10):115-130. (PDF)
8. Wolf, A., and W.R.L. Anderegg (2011). Technical Comment on Changes in Climatic Water Balance Drive Downhill Shifts in Plant Species’ Optimum Elevations. Science 334: 177. (PDF)
7. Zeppel, M., Adams, H.D., and W.R.L. Anderegg. (2011) Mechanistic causes of tree drought mortality: recent results, unresolved questions and future research needs. New Phytologist. 192:800-803. (PDF)
6. Anderegg, W.R.L., J.W. Prall, and J. Harold (2010). Reply to Bodenstein: Contextual data about the relative scale of opposing scientific communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107: E158.
5. Anderegg, W.R.L., J.W. Prall, and J. Harold (2010). Reply to Aarstad: Risk management versus “truth.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107: E154.
4. Anderegg, W.R.L., J.W. Prall, and J. Harold (2010). Reply to O’Neill & Boykoff: Objective classification of climate experts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107: E152
3. Anderegg, W.R.L., J.W. Prall, J. Harold, and S.H. Schneider (2010). Expert Credibility in Climate Change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107: 12107-12110. (PDF)
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- Most Read Paper, PNAS, June 2010
- Top 50 most read papers, PNAS: June 2010 – December 2012
- Reprinted by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
2. Anderegg, W.R.L. (2010) The Ivory Lighthouse: Communicating climate change effectively. Climatic Change. 101:655–662 (PDF)
1. Anderegg, W.R.L. (2010). Moving Beyond Scientific Agreement. Climatic Change. 101:331–3377 (PDF)
UNREFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Anderegg, W.R.L. Predictable Futures: Climate Fact and Climate Fiction. Analog: Magazine of Science Fiction and Fact, Fall 2014
Anderegg, W.R.L. Diagnosis Earth: The Climate Change Debate. Thought and Action: Magazine of the Higher Education Association, Fall 2010 (PDF)
- Awarded Excellence in the Academy Award for New Scholar by the National Education Association
Anderegg, W.R.L. Biosphere. In The Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, Oxford University Press, 2010.
Anderegg, W.R.L. Good night, sweet trees: aspens, climate change, and the future of western forests. High Country News, March 1, 2010
Anderegg, W.R.L. and J. Harold. Climate science and the dynamics of expert consensus. Stanford Center for Conservation Biology, 2009. (PDF)