Tree diversity mitigates defoliation after a drought‐induced tipping point

Understanding the processes that underlie drought‐related tree vitality loss is essential for anticipating future forest dynamics, and for developing management plans aiming at increasing the resilience of forests to climate change. Forest vitality has been continuously monitored in Europe since the...

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Published in:	Global change biology Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 4304 - 4315
Main Authors:	Sousa‐Silva, Rita, Verheyen, Kris, Ponette, Quentin, Bay, Elodie, Sioen, Geert, Titeux, Hugues, Van de Peer, Thomas, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Muys, Bart
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2018
Subjects:	acid deposition Acid rain Air pollution Air pollution effects Biodiversity climate Climate change Climate effects crown condition Defoliation Drought drought stress Dynamics Ecosystems Europe forest dynamics Forest ecosystems forest health Forest management Forests Interactions Monitoring Plant diversity Plant species Resilience Species diversity Species richness trees water stress Europe biodiversity drought stress forest management climate change crown condition
ISSN:	1354-1013, 1365-2486, 1365-2486
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