Luciano Rodrigues Pereira

Apr 26, 2023 | nature.com | Rafael Oliveira |Luciano Rodrigues Pereira |Martin Acosta |Imma Oliveras Menor |Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert |Leticia Fernandes | +16 more

AbstractTropical forests face increasing climate risk1,2, yet our ability to predict their response to climate change is limited by poor understanding of their resistance to water stress. Although xylem embolism resistance thresholds (for example, \varPsi 50) and hydraulic safety margins (for example, HSM50) are important predictors of drought-induced mortality risk3,4,5, little is known about how these vary across Earth’s largest tropical forest.