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1. Early indications of drought impacts on forests in the southeastern United States

Author:
Michael K. Crosby; Zhaofei Fan; Martin A. Spetich; Theodor D. Leininger; Xingang Fan
Source:
Forestry chronicle 2015 v.91 no.4 pp. 376-383
ISSN:
0015-7546
Subject:
climate change; climatic factors; dieback; drought; ecoregions; ecosystems; forest health; forest types; hardwood; models; monitoring; regression analysis; trees
Abstract:
... In the southeastern United States, drought can pose a significant threat to forests by reducing the amount of available water, thereby stressing trees. Destructive changes in crown conditions provide the first visible indication of a problem in a forested area, making it a useful indicator for problems within an ecosystem. Forest Health and Monitoring (FHM) and Palmer's Drought Severity Index (PDS ...
DOI:
10.5558/tfc2015-067

2. Extreme weather impacts on tropical mangrove forests in the Eastern Brazil Marine Ecoregion

Author:
Ricardo Nogueira Servino; Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira Gomes; Angelo Fraga Bernardino
Source:
Science of the total environment 2018 v.628-629 pp. 233-240
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
temperature; wetlands; El Nino; wind; ecoregions; monitoring; ecosystem services; mangrove forests; raw materials; drought; financial economics; climate change; semiarid zones; remote sensing; dieback; Brazil
Abstract:
... Extreme weather events are likely to become more frequent in the 21st century bringing significant impacts to coastal ecosystems. However, the capacity to detect and measure those impacts are still limited, with effects largely unstudied. In June 2016, a hailstorm with wind gusts of over 100 km·h⁻¹ caused an unprecedented mangrove dieback on Eastern Brazil. To quantify the scale of impact and shor ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.068