Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts

Ecological droughts are deficits in soil-water availability that induce threshold-like ecosystem responses, such as causing altered or degraded plant-community conditions, which can be exceedingly difficult to reverse. However, 'ecological drought' can be difficult to define, let alone to...

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Published in:	Environmental research letters Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 44001 - 44010
Main Authors:	O'Connor, Rory C, Germino, Matthew J, Barnard, David M, Andrews, Caitlin M, Bradford, John B, Pilliod, David S, Arkle, Robert S, Shriver, Robert K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol IOP Publishing 01.04.2020
Subjects:	Aridity Climate change Drought Drought index ecological drought Ecology Ecosystems Environmental impact Evapotranspiration fire Land management Moisture content open climate campaign Plant communities Precipitation Restoration sagebrush seeding Seedlings Seeds Soil surfaces Soil temperature Soil water Soil water potential Water availability Water deficit Water potential Wildfires
ISSN:	1748-9326, 1748-9326
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