Linking plant hydraulics and the fast–slow continuum to understand resilience to drought in tropical ecosystems

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 230; no. 3; pp. 904 - 923
• Main Authors: Oliveira, Rafael S., Eller, Cleiton B., de V. Barros, Fernanda, Hirota, Marina, Brum, Mauro, Bittencourt, Paulo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.05.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Amazon tropical forest; Avoidance; Avoidance behaviour; Biodiversity; Biogeochemical cycle; Biogeochemical cycles; Biogeochemistry; Capacitance; carbon; Climate system; Computational fluid dynamics; Distribution; Drought; Droughts; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; embolism resistance; Fluid flow; fluid mechanics; hydraulic conductivity; hydraulic safety margin; Hydraulics; Nutrients; plant hydraulic diversity; Plant Leaves; Rainforest; Rainforests; Rooting; Safety margins; Soil nutrients; Tansley review; terrestrial ecosystems; Trees; Tropical climate; tropical dry forest; tropical rain forests; tropical savannahs; Vegetation; Vulnerability; Water; Water availability; Water potential; drought; tropical savannahs; plant hydraulic diversity; Amazon tropical forest; rainforest; embolism resistance; hydraulic safety margin; tropical dry forest

Tropical ecosystems have the highest levels of biodiversity, cycle more water and absorb more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. Consequently, these ecosystems are extremely important components of Earth’s climatic system and biogeochemical cycles. Plant hydraulics is an essential...