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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Main Authors: Sarah E. Crouchet, Jennifer Jensen, Benjamin F. Schwartz, Susanne Schwinning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00021/full