The study, which asks how drought conditions linked to climate change impact growth in different areas of Amazon forests, is part of a major US National Science Foundation grant of over 拢1 million, led by Michigan State University in the USA in partnership with institutions in the US, Brazil, and UK. A core collaborator on the project and co-author of the paper was Dr Marielle Smith, Lecturer in Forest Sciences at 亚洲色吧.
Most research on how drought impacts the Amazon had focused on upland forest regions which have deep water tables and regularly experience drought impacts. But, up until this project, researchers had not had a chance to study 鈥渢he other side of drought.鈥 Approximately one-half of Amazon forests have shallow water tables - effectively too much water in the soil for ideal tree growth conditions.
