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Amazon forest shows unexpected resiliency during droughtContact: Mari N. Jensen
mnjensen@email.arizona.edu
520-626-9635
University of Arizona
Amazon forest shows unexpected resiliency during drought
| Quote: | Drought-stricken regions of the Amazon forest grew particularly vigorously during the 2005 drought, according to new research.
The counterintuitive finding contradicts a prominent global climate model that predicts the Amazon forest would begin to "brown down" after just a month of drought and eventually collapse as the drought progressed.
“Instead of ‘hunkering down’ during a drought as you might expect, the forest responded positively to drought, at least in the short term," said study author Scott R. Saleska of The University of Arizona. "It's a very interesting and surprising response." |
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-09/uoa-afs092107.php
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