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Jul 2026
Beyond climatic drought indices : an hydraulic approach to quantifying forest water stress
The article introduces a new Forest Stress Index (ISF) based on a plant hydraulic modelling approach rather than classical climatic drought indices. Unlike other index like scPDSI or SPEI, ISF is grounded in xylem embolism dynamics simulated with the mechanistic SurEau model. The goal is to better link climatic anomali...
Hervé Cochard, Maxime Cailleret, Médéric Aubry et al.
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