Title: Ecosystem sensitivity to drought

Description: This image shows the sensitivity of ecosystem resistance to drought duration in different land cover types based on three vegetation proxies: L-VOD, kNDVI, and EVI. Primary forests tend to be more resistant to drought events than secondary forests, but this cannot be detected in EVI and kNDVI. In tropical evergreen broadleaf forests, old-growth trees tend to be more resistant to drought than young trees from L-VOD and kNDVI. Irrigation might enhance crop resistance to drought stress and it is possible to check regions where irrigation makes the most difference.

Copyright: Xiao et al., (Preprint).