MARTÍNEZ‐VILALTA, Jordi; SANTIAGO, Louis; POYATOS, Rafael; BADIELLA, Llorenç; CÁCERES, Miquel; ARANDA, Ismael; DELZON, Sylvain; VILAGROSA, Alberto; MENCUCCINI, Maurizio

doi:10.1111/nph.17571

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MARTÍNEZ‐VILALTA, Jordi
Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries = Centre de Recerca Ecologica i Aplicacions Forestals [CREAF]

SANTIAGO, Louis
University of California [UC]

POYATOS, Rafael
Centre for Ecological Research and Applied Forestries = Centre de Recerca Ecologica i Aplicacions Forestals [CREAF]

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New Phytologist. 2021-07-16, vol. 232, n° 1, p. 404 - 417

Wiley

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Minimum water potential (Ψ min) is a key variable for characterizing dehydration tolerance and hydraulic safety margins (HSMs) in plants. Ψ min is usually estimated as the absolute minimum tissue Ψ experienced by a species, but this is problematic because sample extremes are affected by sample size and the underlying probability distribution. We compare alternative approaches to estimate Ψ min and assess the corresponding uncertainties and biases; propose statistically robust estimation methods based on extreme value theory (EVT); and assess the implications of our results for the characterization of hydraulic risk. Our results show that current estimates of Ψ min and HSMs are biased, as they are strongly affected by sample size. Because sampling effort is generally higher for species living in dry environments, the differences in current Ψ min estimates between these species and those living under milder conditions are partly artefactual. When this bias is corrected using EVT methods, resulting HSMs tend to increase substantially with resistance to embolism across species. Although data availability and representativeness remain the main challenges for proper determination of Ψ min , a closer look at Ψ distributions and the use of statistically robust methods to estimate Ψ min opens new ground for characterizing plant hydraulic risks.< Réduire

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drought resistance

drought tolerance

extreme values

hydraulic risk

hydraulic safety margin

minimum water potential

physiological limits

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Towards a statistically robust determination of minimum water potential and hydraulic risk in plants

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