Stomatal and xylem plasticity, not growth rate, determines white spruce resilience to warmer and drier climates
In a warmer and drier climate, forest productivity will depend on trees' ability to maintain carbon uptake and hydraulic function. Whether fast-growing genotypes of boreal conifers are more vulnerable to combined climatic stress remains uncertain. Using a full-factorial field experiment, we investigated how progressive soil drying combined with extended warming affects growth, xylem development,…
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