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Forests play a crucial role in the global water cycle. However, only a few studies have investigated post-damage radiative forcing of evapotranspiration and its underlying processes in forests.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently investigated the water flux recovery of the forest in the Ailaoshan Mountain National Nature Reserve, a mountainous water catchment area for the Lancang River basin and a subtropical ecological conservation area in SW China.

Their findings are published in the Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies.

In 2015, a heavy snowfall happened in the subtropical forest in this area and caused significant damage to the vegetation. The resilience of evapotranspiration and its partitioning in the forest to such events remains highly uncertain.

Researchers focused on how the water fluxes of subtropical forests responded to extreme weather disturbances, and the recovery process over several years after a disaster.

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