Drought-induced mortality in arid-zone tree species: a mechanistic study

本项目旨在确定干旱期间温度升高和蒸汽压赤字增加在引起干旱致死（DIM）中的相对重要性。该项目的结果将是提高预测未来死亡率的能力，以应对更温暖和大气更干燥的气候。这将有利于未来管理策略的发展和我们预测干旱对景观功能和生产力影响的能力。

This project aims to determine the relative importance of elevated temperature and increased vapour pressure deficit during drought in causing drought induced mortality (DIM). The outcomes of this project will be an enhanced ability to predict future mortality in response to a warmer and atmospherically drier climate. This will benefit the development of future management strategies and our ability to predict drought impacts on landscape function and productivity.