Abstract:<p>Increasing drought severity can affect the healthy status of forests and determine changes in structural and ecophysiological responses to such extreme climate events. Reduced canopy cover, productivity and tree growth and recent dieback phenomena are widespread responses to drought. However, favourable climatic conditions can improve the post-drought recovery capacity of forests, but also make them vulnerable to drought damage through structural overshoot by altering the root to shoot ratio d… Show more
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