Hydraulics and life history of tropical dry forest tree species: coordination of species' drought and shade tolerance - Markesteijn, Lars; Poorter, Lourens; Bongers, Frans; Paz, Horacio; Sack, Lawren (The New phytologist, 2011)
Keywords: Adaptation, Physiological; biomass allocation; Bolivia; cavitation resistance; correlation; Deciduous trees; desiccation-tolerance; Drought; Drought resistance; drought tolerance; Droughts; Dry forests; Dry matter; dry matter content; Ecosystem; Evergreen trees; fluid mechanics; Forest ecology; Forest trees; hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic properties; Hydraulics; juvenile crown exposure; leaf traits; leaf water potential; Leaves; Life history; life‐history strategies; midday dry season leaf water potential; photosynthetic traits; physiology; plant architecture; Plant ecology; Plant Leaves; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant species; Plant Stems; Plant Stems - physiology; Plant Transpiration; Plant Vascular Bundle; Plant Vascular Bundle - physiology; Plants; regeneration niche; sapwood; Seasons; Shade tolerance; Species; stems; Stress, Physiological; Sunlight; trade-off; trade‐offs; Trees; Trees - physiology; Tropical Climate; tropical dry forest; Tropical forests; Water; Water potential; water potentials; Water transport; Wood; wood density; woody-plants; xylem cavitation; Bolivia