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  • Tree growth is often assumed to respond consistently to climate drivers.
  • However, recent research highlights temporal variability in these responses, including drought legacies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a "growth-climate sensitivity" framework to understand temporal variability in tree growth responses to climate.
  • To challenge the assumption of stationary climate-growth relationships in ecological modeling.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesizing recent work on drought legacies and climate-related phenomena.
  • Developing conceptual hypotheses (homoeostatic and dynamic sensitivity) for temporal variability.
  • Evaluating existing evidence for these hypotheses.

Main Results:

  • Tree growth responses to climate are temporally variable and can change abruptly.
  • Temporal variability in growth-climate sensitivity is ubiquitous, challenging current conceptualizations.
  • Two hypotheses, homoeostatic and dynamic sensitivity, are proposed to explain this variability.

Conclusions:

  • Temporal variability in tree growth-climate sensitivity is a critical factor for accurate ecological predictions.
  • Further research, including experimental studies with recovery treatments, is needed to investigate this variability.
  • Incorporating growth-climate sensitivity into dynamic vegetation models can improve predictions of tree functioning under climate change.