Pervasive drought legacies in forest ecosystems and their implications for carbon cycle models

By William R. L. Anderegg, C. Schwalm, Franco Biondi, Jesús Julio Camarero, G. Koch, M. Litvak, K. Ogle, J. Shaw, E. Shevliakova, A. P. Williams and 3 more. Science, 2015

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Different responses of multispecies tree ring growth to various drought indices across Europe (2017, background): “Forests are characterized by large carbon stocks and flows, both sensitive to climatic extremes, most importantly drought, resulting in large (and potentially lagged, Anderegg et al., 2015) effects on the carbon cycle (Frank et al., 2015).”
Coupling between the terrestrial carbon and water cycles—a review (2019, background): “These long-term feedbacks between the carbon and water cycles are not properly represented in current models, which also have a too short a soil moisture memory (typically less than a year) (Anderegg et al 2015c).”
Resist, recover or both? Growth plasticity in response to drought is geographically structured and linked to intraspecific variability in Pinus pinaster (2018, background): “…recover after it across different regions and in relation to their distinct genetic or geographical provenances (e.g., Gazol, Ribas, Guti errez, & Camarero, 2017) is crucial for understanding how drought will impact tree function and forest productivity at a global scale (Anderegg et al., 2015).”
Quantifying impacts of the 2018 drought on European ecosystems in comparison to 2003 (2019, background): “These effects could partly be due to legacy effects in tree response to drought (Anderegg et al., 2015) as well as tree mortality often occurring years after the event (Bigler et al.”
Tree vitality indicators revealed a rapid response of beech forests to the 2018 drought (2021, background): “Compensatory growth in the year(s) after a stress event has been observed before (Anderegg et al., 2015) but was mainly attributed to tree mortality during the stress event and thus competition release for the surviving individuals.”
From xylogenesis to tree rings: wood traits to investigate tree response to environmental changes (2019, background): “, droughts) and assessing post-stress resilience, and reflect changes in tree vigour across multiple spatio-temporal scales (Anderegg et al. 2015; Camarero et al. 2018; Gazol et al. 2018).”
Mixture reduces climate sensitivity of Douglas-fir stem growth (2016, background): “Anderegg et al. (2015) examined the recovery of stem growth after drought on a huge amount of forest sites across the globe and several genera.”
Drought resistance and resilience: The role of soil moisture–plant interactions and legacies in a dryland ecosystem (2020, background): “Drought legacies are often negative (relative to the baseline) in grasslands and forests (Anderegg et al. 2015; Sala et al., 2012), although positive legacies have been observed (Griffin- Nolan et al., 2018).”