Droughts render trees less able to ward off disease, insects
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 08:05
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—Droughts in the Southwest made more severe by warming temperatures are putting plants in stressful growing conditions, a new study has found, identifying an increasingly water-thirsty atmosphere as a key force that sucks moisture from plants, leading to potentially higher stress - especially in mid and low elevations.