Comparative water relations of co-occurring trees in a mixed podocarp-broadleaf forest |
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Authors: | Julia Kaplick Michael J. Clearwater Cate Macinnis-Ng |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;2. School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240 New Zealand;*Correspondence address. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Tel: +64-9-923-2343; E-mail: j.kaplick@auckland.ac.nz; |
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Abstract: | AimsAs extreme climatic events including droughts and heat waves become more common in a changing climate, tree mortality has increased across the globe. In order to determine whether certain species have a competitive advantage over others, we explored the water-relations and leaf-gas exchange of four co-occurring species in a forest in northern Aotearoa-New Zealand. We studied the ecologically and culturally significant foundation species,Agathis australis(a conifer), two additional conifers,Phyllocladus trichomanoidesandPodocarpus totaraand the angiospermKnightia excelsa. |
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Keywords: | southern conifers sap flow water potential hydraulic conductance leaf-gas exchange functional convergence |
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