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Extreme summer droughts induced differential impacts in a population of Pinus nigra trees. We analyzed eventual physiological differences between desiccated and healthy trees. Desiccated trees were more vulnerable to drought-induced… Click to show full abstract
Extreme summer droughts induced differential impacts in a population of Pinus nigra trees. We analyzed eventual physiological differences between desiccated and healthy trees. Desiccated trees were more vulnerable to drought-induced xylem embolism, and were also suffering from depletion of carbohydrate reserves. Our data suggest that genotypic or phenotypic intraspecific variability can play fundamental roles in defining individual drought responses/impacts, dictating the fate of single trees under global-change-type droughts.
Journal Title: Conservation Physiology
Year Published: 2019
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