Ecosystem response to multiple drought events: the role of legacy effects

Melinda Dianne Smith, Colorado State University, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, CO, United States; Colorado State University, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, CO, United States, David L Hoover, USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States, Kevin R. Wilcox, University of Oklahoma, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Norman, OK, United States, Andrew Jennings Felton, Montana State University, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States and Alan Knapp, Colorado State University, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, United States