Hydraulically-vulnerable trees survive on deep-water access during droughts in a tropical forest - Chitra-Tarak, Rutuja; Xu, Chonggang; Aguilar, Salomón; Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J.; Chambers, Jeff; Detto, Matteo; Faybishenko, Boris; Fisher, Rosie A.; Knox, Ryan G.; Koven, Charles D.; Kueppers, Lara M; Kunert, Nobert; et al. (The New phytologist, 2021)
Keywords: Access; canopy; deep-water access; Dehydration; Depth; Drought; drought tolerance; drought-induced mortality; Dynamics; Earth Sciences; Embolism; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; evergreen trees; Extreme drought; Forest communities; forest dynamics; Forest ecosystems; Health risks; hydraulic conductivity; hydraulic vulnerability and safety margins; Hydraulics; hydrological droughts; Hydrology; Mortality; Mortality risk; Panama; Plant cover; Population decline; risk; Rooting; rooting depths; Safety margins; safety-efficiency trade-off; Sciences of the Universe; Soil columns; Species; Survival; Trees; Tropical climate; tropical forest; Tropical forests; Vapor pressure; vapor pressure deficit; Vapour pressure; Vulnerability; Water; Water depth; Water potential; Water stress; Xylem; Panama; hydrological droughts; drought-induced mortality; drought tolerance; tropical forest; rooting depths; hydraulic vulnerability and safety margins; safety-efficiency trade-off; deep-water access