Hydraulics and life history of tropical dry forest tree species: coordination of species' drought and shade tolerance

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 191; no. 2; pp. 480 - 495
• Main Authors: Markesteijn, Lars, Poorter, Lourens, Bongers, Frans, Paz, Horacio, Sack, Lawren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK John Wiley & Sons 01.07.2011; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: 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

Plant hydraulic architecture has been studied extensively, yet we know little about how hydraulic properties relate to species' life history strategies, such as drought and shade tolerance. The prevailing theories seem contradictory. We measured the sapwood (K s ) and leaf (K l ) hydraulic cond...