The team believes that the process, known as dieback, will begin when average global temperatures reach around 15C.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Mac -- I think you should add "dieback" to the labels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Posthuman Blues] Reference

Simply checking for "dieback," or if a tree looks to be dead, is not a good method of detection, Hahn said.    From Wordnik.com.  [mndaily.com - all articles] Reference

"dieback" normally observed following SCI and promotes the re-growth of the axons following injury.    From Wordnik.com.  [News] Reference

Buprestid beetles cause a dieback disease in Sudan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

Several factors contributed to the observed dieback.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate change and insects as a forest disturbance in the Arctic] Reference

It is a disease which the natives call 'the dieback.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference

Is EM radiation to blame for the ongoing bee dieback?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Posthuman Blues] Reference

Climatic perturbation as a general dieback mechanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Survivorship Bias « Climate Audit] Reference

Swellings or holes higher on stem, dieback above these.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. How plants live and grow] Reference

Bark canker and dieback are diseases that kill branches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Major waves of dieback can be inferred from the pollen record.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bristlecones, Foxtails and Temperature « Climate Audit] Reference

Lateral dieback had left 92% of the circumference devoid of bark.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cutting Down the Oldest Living Tree in the World « Climate Audit] Reference

Possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) cause widespread dieback in the canopy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nelson Coast temperate forests] Reference

I wonder if it's possible to escape the big dieback, or the extinction.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boat of a Million Years]

Speculation: there could have been waves of dieback in and around the MWP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bristlecones, Foxtails and Temperature « Climate Audit] Reference

Longer dry spells cause the leaves to fall, and some top dieback may occur.    From Wordnik.com.  [3 The Plant] Reference

Tip dieback of young trees in the Solomon Islands is caused by the coreid bug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Extreme climatic fluctuations as a cause of forest dieback in the Pacific rim.    From Wordnik.com.  [Survivorship Bias « Climate Audit] Reference

Birch dieback – caused by prolonged early spring thaws and subsequent frost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Survivorship Bias « Climate Audit] Reference

Predicting landscape patterns of aspen dieback: mechanisms and knowledge gaps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Survivorship Bias « Climate Audit] Reference

The forest decline enigma: What underlies extensive dieback on two continents?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Survivorship Bias « Climate Audit] Reference

Amazonian forest dieback under climate-carbon cycle projections for the 21st century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 2] Reference

However, logging, inappropriate fire management, and dieback disease are all concerns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands] Reference

The presence of OTCs tended to reduce winter dieback over the course of the experiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist, Juckes and Rob Wilson « Climate Audit] Reference

The maps of potential forest dieback and expansion should be useful for future planning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Human impacts on the biodiversity of the Arctic] Reference

The role of climate variability and global warming in the dieback of northern hardwoods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Survivorship Bias « Climate Audit] Reference

This is exactly the sort of thing we should expect from a planet on the brink of dieback.    From Wordnik.com.  [Posthuman Blues] Reference

Some feared that the gathering extinction event might soon overwhelm mankind: the dieback.    From Wordnik.com.  [Masked] Reference

Rainforest dieback associated with Phytophthora cinnamomi has been identified from 190 sites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Queensland tropical rain forests] Reference

Premature dehardening in Vaccinium myrtillus during a mild winter: a cause for winter dieback?.    From Wordnik.com.  [General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels] Reference

Were there waves of dieback during the MWP that selected against the most negative responders?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bristlecones, Foxtails and Temperature « Climate Audit] Reference

Often viral symptoms in plants are most obvious on new growth as deformities, dieback, and discoloration.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. How plants live and grow] Reference

Overbearing dieback is common in many perennial crops that were not properly supported with water and nutrients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 17] Reference

Care at this point guarantees very rapid healing, with no dead tissues or "heel" on the stock, sometimes called "dieback.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference

Common disease symptoms are damping off, heart rot, powdery mildew, stem galls, dieback, leaf spots, and root rot (See 1993).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 40] Reference

This results in smaller leaves, leaf yellowing and branch dieback.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Seagrapes may also experience twig dieback, split bark or an overall decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [tcpalm.com Stories] Reference

The fight against kauri dieback has received a welcome funding boost this week.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScreenTalk] Reference

It's the one plant I'm struggling with and I have had a lot of dieback from it too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Fishkeeping] Reference