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Caption: Extreme weather events have a greater effect on flora than previously presumed. Using experimental plots in Bayreuth the researchers generated artificial heavy rain and drought in their experiment and the effects on ten different plant species were observed accordingly over a two-year period.
Credit: Dr. Juergen Kreyling /Universitaet Bayreuth
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