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Sep 2026
Forest under stress: responses and recovery of water relations across scales during the compound drought in summer 2022
The summer of 2022 was characterized by compound soil and atmospheric drought (CSAD; low soil water content, SWC, and high vapor pressure deficit, VPD) in Central Europe, threatening forest carbon sequestration and water balance, yet linked ecosystem‐ and tree‐level hydraulic responses remain poorly resolved. We assess...
Ankit Shekhar, A. Gilgen, Annika Ackermann et al.
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