Articles | Volume 12, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2831-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2831-2015
Research article
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18 May 2015
Research article |  | 18 May 2015

Drought-influenced mortality of tree species with different predawn leaf water dynamics in a decade-long study of a central US forest

L. Gu, S. G. Pallardy, K. P. Hosman, and Y. Sun

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Co-occurring tree species with varying physiologies were continuously monitored for mortality with concurrent observations of key physiological and environmental variables for a decade in a central US forest. New predictors of drought-induced mortality were developed. Time-delayed mortality was shown to be nonlinearly related to drought intensity and species’ capacities in regulating their internal hydraulic status, with elevated risk associated with extreme isohydric and anisohydric behaviors.
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