Drought constrains tree growth in regions with seasonal water deficit where growth decline
can lead to tree death. This has been observed in regions such as the western
Mediterranean Basin, which is a climate-warming hotspot. However, we lack information on
intra-and inter-specific comparisons of growth rates and responses to water shortage in
these hotspots, considering tree species with different drought tolerance. We sampled
several sites located in north-eastern Spain showing dieback and high mortality rates of …