Tree ring records show that sensitivity of conifer trees to drought has generally increased during the last century, but so has post-drought recovery.
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Brodribb, T.J. Learning from a century of droughts. Nat Ecol Evol 4, 1007–1008 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1226-2
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