Predicting habitat affinities of herbaceous dicots to soil wetness based on physiological traits of drought tolerance | Zendy

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Predicting habitat affinities of herbaceous dicots to soil wetness based on physiological traits of drought tolerance

Author(s) -

Michaël Belluau,

Bill Shipley

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcw267

Subject(s) - biology , herbaceous plant , stomatal conductance , drought tolerance , habitat , water content , transpiration , agronomy , field capacity , photosynthesis , desiccation tolerance , soil water , ecology , water potential , botany , desiccation , geotechnical engineering , engineering

Soil water availability is an important mechanism filtering plant species but the functional basis of this filtering in herbaceous dicots is poorly studied. The authors address three questions: Which physiological traits best predict different levels of drought tolerance or avoidance in herbaceous dicots? To what degree can species' habitat preferences along the gradient of soil moisture availability be predicted by their physiological responses to drought? What are the direct and indirect relationships between the physiological traits and how do they interact to determine the species' habitat preferences?

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