Hydraulic trade-off and coordination strategies mediated by leaf functional traits of desert shrubs.

ABSTRACT: Desert shrubs play important roles in desertification control and vegetation restoration, which are particularly affected by droughts caused by climate change. However, the hydraulic strategies associated with hydraulic functional traits of desert shrubs remain unclear. Here, eight desert shrub species with different life forms and morphologies were selected for a common garden experiment at the southeast edge of the Tengger Desert in northern China to study the hydraulic strategies mediated by leaf hydraulic functional traits. Diurnal leaf water potential change, leaf hydraulic efficiency and safety, hydraulic safety margin, hydraulic capacitance, and water potential and relative water content at the turgor loss point were observed to significantly differ among species, suggesting that le

SUBMITTER: Huo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9662791 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature