📆In February 2023, storm Juliette severely damaged the crowns of many holm oaks (Quercus ilex), suddenly exposing the organisms living on their trunks and branches to very different environmental conditions.

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These results highlight the different strategies mosses can use to withstand sudden environmental change, and the need to better understand the resilience of epiphytic communities to increasingly frequent extreme events.
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This should also help other drought- and wildfire-prone countries identify where biomass burial is more efficient & economically convenient than "fuel restriction treatments" such as pile burning or biochar.