Tree Mortality After a Hot Drought: Distinguishing Density-Dependent and -Independent Drivers and Why It Matters
Hot drought is a climate phenomenon that has received much attention lately for its potential to disrupt forest function worldwide. A sharp increase in tree mortality associated with this climate pattern is often cast as a disturbance, in which high temperature is responsible for causing exceptional...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Forests and Global Change |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00021/full |