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Study links plant resilience to drought with demographic and functional characteristics

A severe episode of drought in Doñana National Park (Spain), coinciding with a harsh winter, marked the beginning of a research study led by ecologist Maria Paniw, co-authored by CREAF researcher Francisco Lloret and fellow researcher Enrique de la Riva.

Demographic traits improve predictions of spatiotemporal changes in community resilience to drought @en Doñana national park Drought Journal of ecology @en Maria paniw @en Paco lloret @en Plants resilience Scrubland Scrubland and climate change Shrubland

A study shows how difficult it is for temperate forests to recover from severe drought

Climate change is making forests all over the world more vulnerable to drought, causing tree mortality episodes with serious ecological and social consequences. As yet, the traits of the vegetation replacing trees that have died as a result of drought are not known.

Climate change forest Drought Enric batllori @en Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality @en Forest draught Francisco lloret @en Paco lloret @en Pnas @en Sandra saura mas @en