ArticlePlant biology (Stuttgart, Germany)2026
Recurrent hot droughts cause persistent legacy effects in a temperate Scots Pine forest.
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- Impact of emerging compound droughts on forests: A water supply and demand perspective.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Review
- Widespread but Divergent Drought Legacy Effects on Gross Primary Productivity Across Biomes.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Spatio-Temporal Plasticity of Root Exudation in Three Temperate Tree Species: Effects of Season, Site, and Soil Characteristics.Physiologia plantarumArticle
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Recent hot-dry events have caused significant impacts and legacy effects in temperate ecosystems. Here, we investigate legacy effects of the 2018 hot drought on a Pinus sylvestris L. forest in southwestern Germany and the effects of post-2018 recurrent hot-droughts on ecosystem carbon fluxes. We combined ecophysiological, remote sensing (Enhanced Vegetation Index, EVI) and micrometeorological (Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange, NEE) measurements to assess past and present ecosystem functioning. We found strong and persistent legacy effects and high tree mortality of P. sylvestris, with deciduous understorey trees slowly replacing P. sylvestris. After 2018, EVI clearly followed the pattern of a deciduous-dominated forest, indicating changes in canopy structure, type and seasonality in NEE. Significant legacy effects in NEE were found and the ecosystem shifted from a carbon sink (NEE = -391 ± 204 g C m
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