TRUEBA, Santiago; POUTEAU, Robin; LENS, Frederic; FEILD, Taylor S.; ISNARD, Sandrine; OLSON, Mark E.; DELZON, Sylvain

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TRUEBA, Santiago
Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations [UMR AMAP]

POUTEAU, Robin
Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations [UMR AMAP]

LENS, Frederic
Naturalis Biodiversity Center [Leiden]

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Plant, Cell and Environment. 2017, vol. 40, n° 2, p. 277-289

Wiley

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Increases in drought-induced tree mortality are being observed in tropical rain forests worldwide and are also likely to affect the geographical distribution of tropical vegetation. However, the mechanisms underlying the drought vulnerability and environmental distribution of tropical species have been little studied. We measured vulnerability to xylem embolism (P50) of 13 woody species endemic to New Caledonia and with different xylem conduit morphologies. We examined the relation between P50, along with other leaf and xylem functional traits, and a range of habitat variables. Selected species had P50 values ranging between −4.03 and −2.00 MPa with most species falling in a narrow range of resistance to embolism above −2.7 MPa. Embolism vulnerability was significantly correlated with elevation, mean annual temperature and percentage of species occurrences located in rain forest habitats. Xylem conduit type did not explain variation in P50. Commonly used functional traits such as wood density and leaf traits were not related to embolism vulnerability. Xylem embolism vulnerability stands out among other commonly used functional traits as a major driver of species environmental distribution. Drought-induced xylem embolism vulnerability behaves as a physiological trait closely associated with the habitat occupation of rain forest woody species.< Réduire

Mots clés

angiosperme

xylème

forêt tropicale

nouvelle calédonie

diversification des espèces

cavitation

Mots clés en anglais

angiosperms

drought resistance

elevation

environmental gradients

functional traits

wood density

vesselless angiosperms

xylem

tropical forest

species diversification