Observed effects of an exceptional drought on tree mortality in a tropical dry forest

David Medvigy, University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, German Vargas, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, St. Paul, MN, United States, Xiangtao Xu, Princeton University, Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, Christina M Smith, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Plant Biology, St. Paul, MN, United States, Justin Becknell, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, Timothy Brodribb, University of Tasmania, Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Hobart, Australia and Jennifer S Powers, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Minneapolis, MN, United States