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  • Ecology
  • Forest Science
  • Climate Change Biology

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  • Temperate forests face increasing drought frequency and intensity, threatening ecosystem stability.
  • Multidimensional forest stability (resistance, recovery, temporal invariability) and its drivers are poorly understood.
  • Understanding these dynamics is crucial for predicting forest resilience under climate extremes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how functional traits and diversity influence multidimensional forest stability under drought.
  • To explore the interdependencies among different dimensions of stability.
  • To integrate trait-based approaches with biomass dynamics to assess forest responses to drought.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized tree ring data to reconstruct biomass dynamics in northeastern China's temperate forests.
  • Quantified four dimensions of stability: resistance, recovery, resilience, and temporal invariability across 234 drought events.
  • Integrated trait-based approaches (wood density, specific leaf area) with functional diversity metrics.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated significant interdependencies between stability dimensions.
  • Conservative strategies (high wood density) enhanced resistance and temporal invariability.
  • Acquisitive strategies (high specific leaf area) improved recovery, but benefits diminished with drought intensity.
  • Functional diversity positively influenced resistance during prolonged droughts but negatively impacted recovery.

Conclusions:

  • Forest stability is multidimensional and influenced by a complex interplay of drought characteristics and community functional traits.
  • Trait-based approaches and functional diversity are key factors in determining forest resistance and recovery.
  • A comprehensive stability framework is needed to predict forest ecosystem responses to increasing climate extremes.