Tree mortality from a short-duration freezing event and global-change-type drought in a Southwestern piñon-juniper woodland, USA

This study documents tree mortality in Big Bend National Park in Texas in response to the most acute one-year drought on record, which occurred following a five-day winter freeze. I estimated changes in forest stand structure and species composition due to freezing and drought in the Chisos Mountain...

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Main Author: Helen M. Poulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/404.pdf