Sentence examples for tree die-off from inspiring English sources
No firm estimate exists on the extent of the tree die-off.
Whatever the cause, the tree die-off is a worrisome turn for this small, mountainous island off Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's main islands, whose moss-carpeted forests provide a rare patch of primitive nature in an otherwise densely populated nation.
Breshears et al. (2008) describe observations of tree die-off in response to global change-type drought by plant water potential measurements: A die-off was related to leaf water potentials remaining "substantially below their zero carbon assimilation point for at least 10 months prior to dying" (compare Sevanto et al. 2014).
This distinction is getting lost in all the angst over the tree die-off in the central Sierra, coastal ranges and other forests of California.
Besides the extreme weather, the area has been hit hard by a tree die-off that has claimed the lives of millions of trees across the state.
Throughout western North America, tree die-offs are a pressing concern whose cause is not known for certain.
In a report last year, the Department of Agriculture said that climate change had "very likely" increased the size and number of fires, insect infestations and overall tree die-offs in forests in the West, the Southwest and Alaska, and that the damage would accelerate in the future.
Migrating species, tree die-offs, and delays to leaf colour changes will trigger a host of complex related changes.
In 1998 a team from the US Forest Service set out to investigate the cause of large tree die-offs in the Malheur National Forest in east Oregon.
In some places, like Burkina Faso's Central Plateau, the rootstocks of native trees died off long ago.
