Cumulative growth and stress responses to the 2018-2019 drought in a European floodplain forest
F. Schnabel, S. Purrucker, L. Schmitt, R. A. Engelmann, A. Kahl, R. Richter, C. Seele-Dilbat, G. Skiadaresis, C. Wirth
The paper examines tree growth and physiological stress responses to consecutive droughts in a Central European floodplain forest, finding that cumulative stress from two hot drought years significantly impacted tree growth and carbon isotope composition.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2021Ecology