Ecologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory
PhD , Oregon State University, Corvallis, 2002
His work is focused on understanding the physiological mechanisms underlying vegetation response to climate.
2019
Mechanisms of a coniferous woodland persistence under drought and heat. McDowell N.G., Grossiord C., Adams H.D., Pinzón-Navarro S., Mackay D.S., Breshears D.D., Allen C.D., Borrego I., Dickman L.T., Collins A., Gaylord M., McBranch N., Pockman W.T., Vilagrosa A., Aukema B., Goodsman D., and Xu C. (2019): Environmental Research Letters 14(4): 045014
2017
The temperature response surface for mortality risk of tree species with future drought. Adams H.D., Barron-Gafford G.A., Minor R.L., Gardea A.A., Bentley L.P., Law D.J., Breshears D.D., McDowell N.G., Huxman T.E. (2017): Environmental Research Letters 12(11): 115014
2017
A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality. Adams H.D., Zeppel M.J.B., Anderegg W.R.L., Hartmann H., Landhausser S.M., Tissue D.T., Huxman T.E., Hudson P.J., Franz T.E., Allen C.D., Anderegg L.D.L., Barron-Gafford G.A., Beerling D.J., Breshears D.D., Brodribb T.J., Bugmann H., Cobb R.C., Collins A.D., Dickman L.T., Duan H., Ewers B.E., Galiano L., Galvez D.A., Garcia-Forner N., Gaylord M.L., Germino M.J., Gessler A., Hacke U.G., Hakamada R., Hector A., Jenkins M.W., Kane J.M., Kolb T.E., Law D.J., Lewis J.D., Limousin J-M., Love D.M., Macalady A.K., Martinez-Vilalta J., Mencuccini M., Mitchell P.J., Muss J.D., O'Brien M.J., O'Grady A.P., Pangle R.E., Pinkard E.A., Piper F.I., Plaut J.A., Pockman W.T., Quirk J., Reinhardt K., Ripullone F., Ryan M.G., Sala A., Sevanto S., Sperry J.S., Vargas R., Vennetier M., Way D.A., Xu C., Yepez E.A., and McDowell N.G. (2017): Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 1285–1291
2016
Addendum: Multi-scale predictions of massive conifer mortality due to chronic temperature rise. McDowell N.G., Williams A.P., Xu C., Pockman W.T., Dickman L.T., Sevanto S., Pangle R., Limousin J., Plaut J., Mackay D.S., Ogee J., Domec J.C., Allen C.D., Fisher R.A., Jiang X., Muss J.D., Breshears D.D., Rauscher S.A. & Koven C (2016): Nature Climate Change 6: 1048
2016
Multi-scale predictions of massive conifer mortality due to chronic temperature rise. McDowell N.G., Williams A.P., Xu C., Pockman W.T., Dickman L.T., Sevanto S., Pangle R., Limousin J., Plaut J., Mackay D.S., Ogee J., Domec J.C., Allen C.D., Fisher R.A., Jiang X.,Muss J.D., Breshears D.D., Rauscher S.A. and Koven C. (2016): Nature Climate Change 6 (3): 295-300
2015
On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die-off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene. Allen C.D., Breshears D.D., and McDowell N.G (2015): Ecosphere 6(8): art129
2011
The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality. McDowell N.G., Beerling D.J., Breshears D.D., Fisher R.A., Raffa K.F., and Stitt M. (2011): Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 26(10): 523-532,
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
2015
Underestimation of Global Vulnerability to Tree Mortality and Forest Die-Off from Hotter Drought in the Anthropocene — A Synthesis of Contrasting Evidence and Perspectives. Allen C, Breshears D., McDowell N., Lloret F. (2015): Abstract B22C-06 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2013
Large-scale drought-induced vegetation die-off: expanding the ecohydrological emphasis more explicitly on atmospheric demand (Invited). Breshears D.D., Adams H.D., Eamus D., McDowell N.G., Law D.J., Will R.E., Williams P., Zou C. (2013): Abstract H11N-03 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.