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William R. L. Anderegg

William R. L. Anderegg

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
73
Citations
24070
World Ranking
588
National Ranking
175

Ecology and Evolution

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80
Citations
28646
World Ranking
823
National Ranking
300

Overview

William R. L. Anderegg is a researcher affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The research topics covered by Anderegg span multiple key areas related to ecosystem dynamics and climate interactions. These include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Climate variability and models

Anderegg has published extensively, contributing to various high-profile scientific venues. Some of the frequent publication venues are:

  • Global Change Biology
  • New Phytologist
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ecology Letters
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Representative papers authored by Anderegg include:

  • Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests, 2020, Science
  • Divergent forest sensitivity to repeated extreme droughts, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Anthropogenic climate change is worsening North American pollen seasons, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Other notable related works, though authored primarily by collaborators, include:

  • Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Ghosts of the past: how drought legacy effects shape forest functioning and carbon cycling, 2020, Ecology Letters

Collaborations are an important aspect of their research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Anna T. Trugman
  • Steven A. Kannenberg
  • Danny Cullenward
  • Grayson Badgley
  • Jordi Martínez-Vilalta

Best Publications

  • Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming

    John Cook;John Cook;Naomi Oreskes;Peter T Doran;William R L Anderegg;William R L Anderegg

  • Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress

    William R. L. Anderegg;William R. L. Anderegg;Jeffrey M. Kane;Leander D. L. Anderegg

  • Expert credibility in climate change

    William R. L. Anderegg;James W. Prall;Jacob Harold;Stephen H. Schneider

  • Pervasive drought legacies in forest ecosystems and their implications for carbon cycle models

    W. R.L. Anderegg;C. Schwalm;F. Biondi;J. J. Camarero

  • A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

    Henry D. Adams;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;William R.L. Anderegg;Henrik Hartmann

  • Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

    William R.L. Anderegg;Jeffrey A. Hicke;Rosie A. Fisher;Craig D. Allen

  • Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe

    William R. L. Anderegg;Tamir Klein;Megan Bartlett;Lawren Sack

  • Global patterns of drought recovery

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher R. Schwalm;William R. L. Anderegg;Anna M. Michalak;Joshua B. Fisher

  • The roles of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off

    William R. L. Anderegg;Joseph A. Berry;Duncan D. Smith;John S. Sperry

  • Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests

    William R.L. Anderegg;Anna T. Trugman;Grayson Badgley;Christa M. Anderson

  • Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities.

    Rosie A. Fisher;Charles D. Koven;William R. L. Anderegg;Bradley O. Christoffersen

  • Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

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  • Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought

    William R. L. Anderegg;Alexandra G. Konings;Anna T. Trugman;Kailiang Yu

  • Terrestrial and Inland Water Systems

    Josef Settele;Robert Scholes;Richard A Betts;Stuart Bunn

  • Fire frequency drives decadal changes in soil carbon and nitrogen and ecosystem productivity

    Adam F. A. Pellegrini;Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström;Sarah E. Hobbie;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  • Research frontiers for improving our understanding of drought-induced tree and forest mortality.

    Henrik Hartmann;Catarina F. Moura;Catarina F. Moura;Catarina F. Moura;William R. L. Anderegg;Nadine K. Ruehr

  • Tree mortality predicted from drought-induced vascular damage

    William R.L. Anderegg;Alan L. Flint;Cho-ying Huang;Lorraine E. Flint

  • Drought's legacy: multiyear hydraulic deterioration underlies widespread aspen forest die-off and portends increased future risk

    William R. L. Anderegg;William R. L. Anderegg;Lenka Plavcová;Leander D. L. Anderegg;Uwe G. Hacke

  • Large divergence of satellite and Earth system model estimates of global terrestrial CO2 fertilization

    W. Kolby Smith;W. Kolby Smith;Sasha C. Reed;Cory C. Cleveland;Ashley P. Ballantyne

  • Impacts of droughts on the growth resilience of Northern Hemisphere forests

    A. Gazol;J. J. Camarero;W. R. L. Anderegg;W. R. L. Anderegg;S. M. Vicente-Serrano

  • Spatial and temporal variation in plant hydraulic traits and their relevance for climate change impacts on vegetation

    William R. L. Anderegg

  • Predicting stomatal responses to the environment from the optimization of photosynthetic gain and hydraulic cost

    John S. Sperry;Martin D. Venturas;William R. L. Anderegg;Maurizio Mencuccini

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna T. Trugman
Anna T. Trugman University of California, Santa Barbara
Leander D. L. Anderegg
Leander D. L. Anderegg University of California, Santa Barbara
John S. Sperry
John S. Sperry University of Utah
Stephen W. Pacala
Stephen W. Pacala Princeton University
Christopher R. Schwalm
Christopher R. Schwalm Woodwell Climate Research Center
Henry D. Adams
Henry D. Adams Washington State University
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta Autonomous University of Barcelona
Melanie J. B. Zeppel
Melanie J. B. Zeppel Macquarie University
David Medvigy
David Medvigy University of Notre Dame
Anna Sala
Anna Sala University of Montana

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