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The bedrock of forest drought

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Bedrock composition can play a critical role in determining the structure and water demand of forests, influencing their vulnerability to drought. The properties of bedrock can help explain within-region patterns of tree mortality in the 2011–2017 California drought.

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Fig. 1: Forest mortality in the California Sierra following the 2011–2017 California drought.

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Tague, C. The bedrock of forest drought. Nat. Geosci. 15, 684–685 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01015-z

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