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Can species adapt to drought using multiple strategies? Lessons from the California poppy.
The New phytologist - 1 Jun 2026
Schwab Stuart T, Lam Kristal, Thornton Finn, Brown Rachel, Kesler Joe, Merow Cory, Sexton Jason P, Cleland Elsa E
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Plants can escape drought by completing life cycles early, tolerate drought by increasing physiological limits, or avoid drought stress by obtaining or using water more efficiently. It remains unclear whether strategies vary within species across their distributional ranges due to trade-offs, and whether species can exhibit plasticity in multiple traits simultaneously. We grew 19 populations of Eschscholzia...
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