Cavitation resistance appears to be genetic, making it useful as a predictor of drought resistance.
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Erin Zimmerman
Embolism resistance and dehydration tolerance in a perennial grass
More intense droughts under climate change threaten species resilience. Hydraulic strategies determine drought survival in woody species but are hardly explored in herbaceous species. Volaire et al. investigated the...
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Stem hydraulic traits and leaf phenology
The co-occurrence of evergreen and deciduous species in tropical dry forests suggests the existence of different water-use strategies among the species. Fu et al. study six evergreen and six deciduous tree species co...
