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ReviewPlant biology (Stuttgart, Germany)2026

Impact of emerging compound droughts on forests: A water supply and demand perspective.

C Werner, M Bahn, T E E Grams, C Grossiord, S Haberstroh, G Lenczner, D Tuia, H Vallicrosa

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Review in Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

C WernerEcosystem Physiology, UNR, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7676-9057
M BahnDepartment of Ecology, University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7482-9776
T E E GramsEcophysiology of Plants, Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-8827
C GrossiordPlant Ecology Research Laboratory PERL, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9113-3671
S HaberstrohEcosystem Physiology, UNR, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6097-6633
G LencznerEnvironmental Computational Science and Earth Observation Laboratory ECEO, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Sion, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4697-8894
D TuiaEnvironmental Computational Science and Earth Observation Laboratory ECEO, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Sion, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0374-2459
H VallicrosaPlant Ecology Research Laboratory PERL, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-3096

Funding

Austrian Science Fund DOC171-BAustrian Science Fund P32203Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft CRC-1537 ECOSENSESNSF 310030_204697SNSF CRSK-3_220989
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intensification of climate change-induced drought results in unprecedented tree and forest die-offs worldwide, increasingly driven by compound droughts. In this review, we examine the impacts of emerging compound droughts, which involve co-occurring stressors like soil drought and high temperature, along with elevated vapour pressure deficit over prolonged periods and at higher frequency. We explore the physiological and ecological mechanisms underlying tree water and carbon regulation during these extreme conditions, focusing on the balance between water demand and supply, the role of acclimation, and its consequences for ecosystem-level functions. By examining the mechanisms at play from the organ to the ecosystem-scale, we provide a comprehensive understanding of how trees and forests are likely to respond to an increasingly unpredictable climate with a higher likelihood of compound droughts.

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DroughtsForestsTreesWaterCarbonClimate ChangeEcosystemWater SupplyCarbonWatercompound droughtsecophysiological regulationforesthydraulic regulation

Identifiers

PMID40790904
PMCPMC13089608

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