Long-Term Hydraulic Adjustment of Three Tropical Moist Forest Tree Species to Changing Climate.

ABSTRACT: Xylem hydraulic adjustment to global climatic changes was reported from temperate, boreal, and Mediterranean tree species. Yet, the long-term hydraulic adjustment in tropical tree species has not been studied so far. Here we developed the first standard chronologies of three hydraulic trait variables for three South Asian moist forest tree species to analyze their long-term hydraulic responses to changing climate. Based on wood anatomical measurements, we calculated Hagen-Poiseuille hydraulically weighted vessel diameter (D_H), potential specific hydraulic conductivity (K_S), and vulnerability index (V_X) and developed standard chronologies of these variables for Chukrasia tabularis, Toona ciliata, and Lagerstroemia speciosa which are different i

SUBMITTER: Islam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6288455 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature