Page 1/16 Increased vegetation sensitivity to meteorological drought from spring to autumn across European biomes Sergio vicente-serrano Spanish National Research Council https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2892-518X Feng Tian Wuhan University Zhanzhang Cai Tobias Conradt Boris Boincean Conor Murphy Begoña Farizo Sam Grainger Juan Ignacio López Moreno Pyrenean Institute Of Ecology, CSIC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7270-9313 Lars Eklundh Hongxiao Jin ( hongxiao.jin@nateko.lu.se ) Lund University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-7814 Article Keywords: Vegetation indicator, Meteorological drought, Hydroclimatic factor, Vegetation-drought association, Sensitivity, European biome Posted Date: May 15th, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2921592/v1 License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Version of Record: A version of this preprint was published at Communications Earth & Environment on August 25th, 2023. See the published version at https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00960-w.