Wednesday, January 25, 2017

How much drought can a forest take?

01/25/2017 01:38 PM EST

Dead trees in the Sierra National Forest

Why do some trees die in a drought and others don't? And how can we predict where trees are most likely to die in future droughts? Scientists from the University of California, Davis, and colleagues examined those questions in a study published in the journal Ecology Letters.


Full story at https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/how-much-drought-can-forest-take

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University of California, Davis


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