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Title: Hydrodynamic trait coordination and cost–benefit trade‐offs throughout the isohydric–anisohydric continuum in trees

Journal Article · · Ecohydrology
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2041· OSTI ID:1472174

Abstract Whole‐plant hydraulic performance depends on the integrated function of trait complexes, such as embolism resistance, stomatal closure mechanisms, and root properties. The diversity of such traits produces a wide range of response strategies to both short‐term variation of environmental conditions and long‐term changes to climate and hydrological cycles. This study aims to assess the role of different emergent hydraulic trait combinations in trees' vulnerability to drought using a quantitative modelling framework. This modelling framework may be helpful in studying the influence of plant hydraulic traits independently. It will also be used to assess how different groups of traits interact to form viable hydraulic strategies in response to different environmental conditions. We use the advanced plant hydrodynamic model, finite‐difference ecosystem‐scale tree crown hydrodynamics model version 2, to resolve plant functional traits of roots, stems, and leaves and simulate the transpiration. We define a multidimensional hydraulic “strategy space” by considering a continuum of these traits to test the outcomes of different hypothetical strategies in response to environmental conditions as observed in Northern Michigan, USA. We evaluate the degree to which simulated trees suffer hydraulic failure due to cavitation or carbon deficiency in response to reduced stomatal conductance. Our results demonstrate how the relationship between plant hydraulic strategy and hydraulic safety margin emerges from trait combinations along different tissue levels. Our findings suggest that hydrodynamic models present an exciting new possibility to define and study plant traits and hydrodynamics.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
7096915
OSTI ID:
1472174
Journal Information:
Ecohydrology, Journal Name: Ecohydrology Vol. 12 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 1936-0584
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 15 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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