The vulnerability and resilience capacity of forest to drought in Spain

What is it about?

We study how forests respond to drought across biomes in Spain. In particular, we focus in the resilience capacity of forests to drought, i.e. in their ability to recover average growth and productivity values after drought. We found that forests vary in their resilience capacity across biomes. The main reason for this variation is that drought intensity varies as well. Thus, some forests experience more intense droughts tan others.

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Why is it important?

Understanding how forests resist drought and recover after drought is fundamental to understand how forests will respond to projected climate conditions.

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