Drought stress has focused on water availability during the growing season, thus primarily on summer. However, variation in rainfall continentality can produce striking vegetation differences. We aim to disentangle summer water balance from winter rainfall continentality, to better understand how climate regulates the distributions of woody plants in the western USA.

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通过冬季Gams角度的降雨大陆性为美国西部的生物地理分布提供了新的维度

干旱压力集中在生长季节的水供应上，因此主要在夏季。然而，降雨大陆性的变化会产生惊人的植被差异。我们的目标是使夏季的水平衡与冬季的降雨大陆性脱离，以更好地了解气候如何调节美国西部木本植物的分布。