Identifying Western North American Tree Populations Vulnerable to Drought under Observed and Projected Climate Change

Global climate change has affected forest health and productivity. A highly visible, direct climate impact is dieback caused by drought periods in moisture-limited forest ecosystems. Here, we have used a climate moisture index (CMI), which has been developed in order to map forest–grassland transiti...

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Main Authors: Kathryn Levesque, Andreas Hamann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Climate
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/10/8/114