Future tree mortality is impossible to observe, but a new model reveals why tropical tree traits matter more than climate change variability for predicting hydraulic failure

2024/08/13 by D. S. Mackay · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics #Forest ecology and management #Tree-ring climate responses

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/nph.20049

Abstract

This article is a Commentary on Robbins et al . (2024), 244 : 2239–2250 .

Discussions

• Just found this nice New Phytologist commentary on Zachary Robbins (who is probably too busy being productive to be on Bluesky) FATES-HYDRO tropical forest mortality paper doi.org/10.1111/nph.... [bsky, 22 points, 0 comments]

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