Climate and hydraulic traits interact to set thresholds for liana viability

Alyssa M. Willson; Anna T. Trugman; Jennifer S. Powers; Chris M. Smith-Martin; David Medvigy

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30993-2

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Climate and hydraulic traits interact to set thresholds for liana viability

Alyssa M. Willson,
Anna T. Trugman,
Jennifer S. Powers,
Chris M. Smith-Martin,
David Medvigy

Affiliations

Alyssa M. Willson: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 100 Galvin Life Sciences
Anna T. Trugman: Department of Geography, University of California Santa Barbara
Jennifer S. Powers: Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota
Chris M. Smith-Martin: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Evolutionary Biology, Columbia University
David Medvigy: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 100 Galvin Life Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30993-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Lianas are an important component of tropical forests. Here the authors compare liana and tree functional trait distributions from across the tropics and use a liana-tree competition model to show that a key hydraulic trait influences liana viability and its response to future climate conditions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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