Entire hillsides of trees turned brown this summer. Is it the start of ecosystem collapse?

Rachael Helene Nolan; Belinda Medlyn; Brendan Choat; Rhiannon Smith

Entire hillsides of trees turned brown this summer. Is it the start of ecosystem collapse?

Rachael Helene Nolan
, Belinda Medlyn
, Brendan Choat
, Rhiannon Smith

Ecosystem Management

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Abstract

The drought in eastern Australia was a significant driver of this season's unprecedented bushfires. But it also caused another, less well known environmental calamity this summer: entire hillsides of trees turned from green to brown.

Original language	English
Pages	1-4
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 9 Mar 2020

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title = "Entire hillsides of trees turned brown this summer. Is it the start of ecosystem collapse?",

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