Jay Wason, associate professor of forest ecosystem physiology at the University of Maine, was sourced by the Bangor Daily News and Maine Public as an expert to speak toward how drought is affecting fall foliage in Maine. “All that means is that the trees have detected that ‘hey, conditions are not great for me any more to maintain these expensive leaves to do photosynthesis, so I can ditch them now and go into my winter dormant mode,’” Wason said.
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