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Effects of Drought on Forests and Rangelands in the U.S.: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis
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James M. Vose, Charles\tH. Luce and Toral Patel-Weynand, USFS R&D and James S. Clark, Duke University\t
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Discussion of the relationship between drought and wildfire. Key message include:
- Drought is now affecting all ecosystems, could get worse
- Changes most obvious in the West, impacts in eastern forests through morbidity, slow decline
- Impacts both immediate and long-lasting
- Plant stress, drought-tolerant species
- Habitat shifts
- Some invasive species can benefit
- Reduced carbon storage and water supplies
- Manage to increase resiliency and resistance
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