Predicting Tree Mortality Die-off Events Associated with Hotter Drought and Assessing Their Global Consequences via Ecoclimate Teleconnections.

David D Breshears1, Craig D Allen2, Nate G McDowell3, Henry D Adams4, Mallory Barnes1, Greg Barron-Gafford5, John B Bradford6, Neil Cobb7, Jason P Field1, Ray Froend8, Joseph B. Fontaine9, Elizabeth Garcia10, Giles E. St. J. Hardy9, Travis E Huxman11, Jatin Kala9, Marysa M Lague12, Angelina Martinez-Yrizar13, George Matusick14, David M. Minor15, David JP Moore1, Maggie Ng16, Katinka X Ruthrof17, Scott R Saleska18, Scott C Stark19, Abigail L. S. Swann20, Juan Camilo Villegas21, A. Park Williams22 and Chris Zou23, (1)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, New Mexico Landscapes Field Station, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, United States, (4)Oklahoma State University, Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Stillwater, OK, United States, (5)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (7)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (8)Edith Cowan University, School of Science, Joondalup, Australia, (9)Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, (10)Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, WA, United States, (11)University of California, Irvine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Irvine, United States, (12)University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States, (13)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hermosillo, Mexico, (14)Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States, (15)Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States, (16)Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, United States, (17)Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia, (18)University of Arizona, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ, United States, (19)Michigan State University, Department of Forestry, East Lansing, MI, United States, (20)University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science and Department of Biology, Seattle, United States, (21)Universidad de Antioquia, Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, (22)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (23)Oklahoma State University, Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Stillwater, United States