José María Fernández-Calero

@josemaferca.bsky.social

PhD in community ecology of temporary rivers. FEHMLab. University of Barcelona. Coordinator of Young AIL researchers (Iberian Association of Limnology).

How vulnerable are riparian trees to drought? Using groundwater and satellite data from a California waterhsed, our new paper found that trees by drying rivers lost up to 5 weeks of growing season, suggesting they’re nearing critical groundwater limits. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Groundwater and Remotely Sensed Phenology Reveal Vulnerability of Riparian Trees to Drought

We asked how vulnerable riparian trees are to droughts, examining their water use and growing season timing and duration via groundwater data and satellite imagery. Drought shortened the growing seas...

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