Open AccessCongo Rain Forest Endures a Longer Dry Season
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo129717
Subject(s) - dry season , rainforest , tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests , wet season , geography , forestry , environmental science , agroforestry , ecology , biology , cartography
The forest’s dry season has been starting earlier and ending later for decades, making parts of it vulnerable to incursions by drought-resistant ecosystems.