Diverging drought-tolerance strategies explain tree species distribution along a fog-dependent moisture gradient in a temperate rain forest

• Published in: Oecologia Vol. 173; no. 3; pp. 625 - 635
• Main Authors: Negret, Beatriz Salgado, Pérez, Fernanda, Markesteijn, Lars, Castillo, Mylthon Jiménez, Armesto, Juan J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer 01.11.2013; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation, Biological; Adaptation, Biological - physiology; Aextoxicon punctatum; Analysis of Variance; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; carbon; Cavitation; Chile; Climate change; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Demography; Dominant species; Drimys; Drimys winteri; Drought; Drought resistance; drought tolerance; Droughts; Earth, ocean, space; Ecology; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Fog; Forest ecosystems; Forest regeneration; Forestry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gas exchange; General aspects; General forest ecology; Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology; Hydraulics; Hydrology/Water Resources; leaves; Life Sciences; Meteorology; Moisture gradient; PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; Physiological ecology - Original research; physiology; Plant Leaves; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Plant Transpiration; Plant Transpiration - physiology; Plants; prediction; Pressure; Rain forests; Rainforests; risk; Semiarid lands; semiarid zones; Soil moisture; Soil water; Species; Species Specificity; Trees; Trees - physiology; turgor; Turgor pressure; Water availability; Water conservation; Water potential; Water transport; Water use; Weather; Wind; Chile; Climate change; Species distribution; Local water gradient; Fog-dependent forest; Plant hydraulic traits; Hydraulics; Rain forest; Tolerance; Environmental factor; Dynamical climatology; Spatial distribution; Geographic distribution; Humidity; Tree; Strategy; Drought; Temperate forests; Distribution range; Fog
• ISSN: 0029-8549; 1432-1939; 1432-1939
• DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2650-7

The study of functional traits and physiological mechanisms determining species' drought tolerance is important for the prediction of their responses to climatic change. Fog-dependent forest patches in semiarid regions are a good study system with which to gain an understanding of species'...