Tree resistance outweighs climatic drivers in governing extreme growth suppression

• Published in: iScience Vol. 28; no. 8; p. 113043
• Main Authors: Dong, Yuntao, Fang, Ouya, Deng, Ying, Lai, Jiangshan, Jia, Hengfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.08.2025; Elsevier
• Subjects: Environmental science; Forestry; Global change; Plant Biology; Plant Biology; Environmental science; Global change; Forestry

While climate extremes are conventionally considered primary triggers of extreme growth suppression (EGS) in trees, the role of trees’ intrinsic resistance capacity in mediating EGS remains a persistent knowledge gap. By analyzing 4,599 EGSs across 2,631 juniper trees at 61 sites on the Tibetan Plat...