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Title: Drought and resprouting plants

Abstract

Many species have the ability to resprout vegetatively after a substantial loss of biomass induced by environmental stress, including drought. Many of the regions characterised by ecosystems where resprouting is common are projected to experience more frequent and intense drought during the 21st century. However, in assessments of ecosystem response to drought disturbance there has been scant consideration of the resilience and post-drought recovery of resprouting species. Systematic differences in hydraulic and allocation traits suggest that resprouting species are more resilient to drought-stress than nonresprouting species. Evidence suggests that ecosystems dominated by resprouters recover from disturbance more quickly than ecosystems dominated by nonresprouters. The ability of resprouters to avoid mortality and withstand drought, coupled with their ability to recover rapidly, suggests that the impact of increased drought stress in ecosystems dominated by these species may be small. Furthermore, the strategy of resprouting needs to be modelled explicitly to improve estimates of future climate-change impacts on the carbon cycle, but this will require several important knowledge gaps to be filled before resprouting can be properly implemented.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [1];  [7];  [8];  [3]
  1. Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW (Australia)
  2. Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW (Australia); Reading Univ., Whiteknights, Reading (United Kingdom)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. Univ. of Cape Town, Rondebosch (South Africa)
  5. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  6. Queensland Herbarium, Environmental Protection Agency, Towong (Australia)
  7. Rhodes Univ. (South Africa)
  8. Univ. of Western Sydney, Richmond (Australia)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1257820
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-14-28844
Journal ID: ISSN 0028-646X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
New Phytologist
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 206; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Zeppel, Melanie J. B., Harrison, Sandy P., Adams, Henry D., Kelley, Douglas I., Li, Guangqi, Tissue, David T., Dawson, Todd E., Fensham, Rod, Medlyn, Belinda E., Palmer, Anthony, West, Adam G., and McDowell, Nate G. Drought and resprouting plants. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1111/nph.13205.
Zeppel, Melanie J. B., Harrison, Sandy P., Adams, Henry D., Kelley, Douglas I., Li, Guangqi, Tissue, David T., Dawson, Todd E., Fensham, Rod, Medlyn, Belinda E., Palmer, Anthony, West, Adam G., & McDowell, Nate G. Drought and resprouting plants. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13205
Zeppel, Melanie J. B., Harrison, Sandy P., Adams, Henry D., Kelley, Douglas I., Li, Guangqi, Tissue, David T., Dawson, Todd E., Fensham, Rod, Medlyn, Belinda E., Palmer, Anthony, West, Adam G., and McDowell, Nate G. Wed . "Drought and resprouting plants". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13205. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257820.
@article{osti_1257820,
title = {Drought and resprouting plants},
author = {Zeppel, Melanie J. B. and Harrison, Sandy P. and Adams, Henry D. and Kelley, Douglas I. and Li, Guangqi and Tissue, David T. and Dawson, Todd E. and Fensham, Rod and Medlyn, Belinda E. and Palmer, Anthony and West, Adam G. and McDowell, Nate G.},
abstractNote = {Many species have the ability to resprout vegetatively after a substantial loss of biomass induced by environmental stress, including drought. Many of the regions characterised by ecosystems where resprouting is common are projected to experience more frequent and intense drought during the 21st century. However, in assessments of ecosystem response to drought disturbance there has been scant consideration of the resilience and post-drought recovery of resprouting species. Systematic differences in hydraulic and allocation traits suggest that resprouting species are more resilient to drought-stress than nonresprouting species. Evidence suggests that ecosystems dominated by resprouters recover from disturbance more quickly than ecosystems dominated by nonresprouters. The ability of resprouters to avoid mortality and withstand drought, coupled with their ability to recover rapidly, suggests that the impact of increased drought stress in ecosystems dominated by these species may be small. Furthermore, the strategy of resprouting needs to be modelled explicitly to improve estimates of future climate-change impacts on the carbon cycle, but this will require several important knowledge gaps to be filled before resprouting can be properly implemented.},
doi = {10.1111/nph.13205},
journal = {New Phytologist},
number = 2,
volume = 206,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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