Predicting resistance to drought
Add a comment + Open annotations. The current annotation count on this page is being calculated. Image showing a mixture of damaged and undamaged trees in a beech forest in Taunus, Germany. Image credit: Markus Pfenninger and Volker Heymann (CC BY 4.0) Climate change is having a serious impact on many ecosystems. In the summer of 2018 and 2019, around two thirds of European beech trees were damaged or killed by extreme drought. It is critical to keep these beech woods healthy, as they are central to the survival of over 6,000 other species of animals and plants. The level of damage caused...
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