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March 16, 2026Global Change Biology

Contrasting Drought Thresholds Between Natural and Planted Forests on the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for Adaptive Plantation Transformation

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TLTing LiDTDavid T. TissueMLMuzi Li

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Contrasts drought thresholds affecting forest growth in natural and planted forests, suggesting adaptive strategies.

Key Points

  • Evaluate the long-term effects of drought on tree growth in natural versus plantation forests.
  • Monitored 136,988 live tree records from 1979 to 2017 in southeastern Tibetan Plateau
  • Assessed impacts of drought intensity, species richness, tree density, and stand age
  • Compared drought tolerance thresholds between natural and plantation forests
  • Plantation forests showed lower drought tolerance thresholds (PDSI = -1.65) compared to natural forests (PDSI = -2.50)
  • Higher species richness improved drought resistance but suppressed growth in diverse natural forests
  • Young stands, especially those under 20 years, were most sensitive to drought effects

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Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b79e488166e15b153ab5fdhttps://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70780
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