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Increased hydraulic risk in assemblages of woody plant species predicts spatial patterns of drought-induced mortality.
Nature ecology & evolution - 1 Oct 2023
Sanchez-Martinez Pablo, Mencuccini Maurizio, García-Valdés Raúl, Hammond William M, Serra-Diaz Josep M, Guo Wen-Yong, Segovia Ricardo A, Dexter Kyle G, Svenning Jens-Christian, Allen Craig, Martínez-Vilalta Jordi
Abstract excerpt
Predicting drought-induced mortality (DIM) of woody plants remains a key research challenge under climate change. Here, we integrate information on the edaphoclimatic niches, phylogeny and hydraulic traits of species to model the hydraulic risk of woody plants globally. We combine these models with species distribution records to estimate the hydraulic risk faced by local woody plant species assemblages. Thus, we...
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