Spatial Configuration of Drought Disturbance and Forest Gap Creation across Environmental Gradients.

Climate change is increasing the risk of drought to forested ecosystems. Although drought impacts are often anecdotally noted to occur in discrete patches of high canopy mortality, the landscape effects of drought disturbances have received virtually no study. This study characterized the landscape...

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Main Authors: Margaret E Andrew, Katinka X Ruthrof, George Matusick, Giles E St J Hardy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4898764?pdf=render