{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Vargas G G"],"funding":["Graduate School, University of Texas, Austin","U.S. Department of Energy","Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota","Graduate School, University of Minnesota","National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["2637-2650"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9828425"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["25(12)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Considering the global intensification of aridity in tropical biomes due to climate change, we need to understand what shapes the distribution of drought sensitivity in tropical plants. We conducted a pantropical data synthesis representing 1117 species to test whether xylem-specific hydraulic conductivity (K<sub>S</sub> ), water potential at leaf turgor loss (Ψ<sub>TLP</sub> ) and water potential at 50% loss of K<sub>S</sub> (Ψ<sub>P50</sub> ) varied along climate gradients. The Ψ<sub>TLP</sub> and Ψ<sub>P50</sub> increased with climatic moisture only for evergreen species, but K<sub>S</sub> did not. Species with high Ψ<sub>TLP</sub> and Ψ<sub>P50</sub> values were associated with both dry and wet environments. However, drought-deciduous species showed high Ψ<sub>TLP</sub> and Ψ<sub>P50</"],"journal":["Ecology letters"],"pubmed_title":["Leaf habit affects the distribution of drought sensitivity but not water transport efficiency in the tropics."],"pmcid":["PMC9828425"],"funding_grant_id":["ICGC‐Scholar","NSF award DEB‐1753810","NSF award DEB-1753810","DE‐SC0020344","ICGC-Scholar","DE-SC0020344"],"pubmed_authors":["Pinto-Ledezma JN","Powers JS","Sack L","Hammond WM","Vargas G G","Toro L","Wolfe BT","Mondragon-Botero A","Anderson-Teixeira KJ","Werden LK","Uriarte M","Kunert N","Berry ZC","Schwartz NB","Smith-Martin CM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Leaf habit affects the distribution of drought sensitivity but not water transport efficiency in the tropics.","description":"Considering the global intensification of aridity in tropical biomes due to climate change, we need to understand what shapes the distribution of drought sensitivity in tropical plants. We conducted a pantropical data synthesis representing 1117 species to test whether xylem-specific hydraulic conductivity (K<sub>S</sub> ), water potential at leaf turgor loss (Ψ<sub>TLP</sub> ) and water potential at 50% loss of K<sub>S</sub> (Ψ<sub>P50</sub> ) varied along climate gradients. The Ψ<sub>TLP</sub> and Ψ<sub>P50</sub> increased with climatic moisture only for evergreen species, but K<sub>S</sub> did not. Species with high Ψ<sub>TLP</sub> and Ψ<sub>P50</sub> values were associated with both dry and wet environments. However, drought-deciduous species showed high Ψ<sub>TLP</sub> and Ψ<sub>P50</","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Dec","modification":"2025-04-21T17:53:58.138Z","creation":"2025-04-05T17:03:20.81Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9828425","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36257904"],"doi":["10.1111/ele.14128"]}}