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

R. L. Anderegg, W.; Schwalm, C.; Biondi, F.; J. Camarero, J.; Koch, G.; Litvak, M.; Ogle, K.; D. Shaw, J.; Shevliakova, E.; P. Williams, A.; Wolf, A.; Ziaco, E.; Pacala, S.

doi:10.1126/science.aab1833

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

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Authors:

W. R. L. Anderegg

C. Schwalm

F. Biondi

Abstract

Drought effects on carbon cycling The response of forest ecosystems to drought is increasingly important in the context of a warming climate. Anderegg et al. studied a tree-ring database of 1338 forest sites from around the globe. They found that forests exhibit a drought “legacy effect” with 3 to 4...

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