Claim · model-written summary
The authors infer severe repeated drought raises hydraulic vulnerability.
- Taxon
- trembling aspene0
- Treatment
- severe and repeated droughtse1
- Outcome
- hydraulic vulnerabilitye1
- Direction
- increasese1
- Qualifier
- likelye1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValue
Verbatim
e0“trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides)”
e1“during severe and repeated droughts, aspen saplings are likely to experience increases in hydraulic vulnerability”
Title
Lack of Hydraulic Acclimation in Response to Multiple Droughts and Recovery
Jaycie C. Fickle; Kelly L. Kerr; Lillie I. Congram; et al. Plant Cell & Environment 2026. doi:10.1111/pce.70671
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect A recovery year between two droughts gave trees less drought resilience than consecutive drought treatments.
- Intervention effect Recovery treatment reduced tree growth rates.
- Intervention effect Recovery treatment increased xylem damage in older rings.
- Intervention effect No hydraulic acclimation to severe drought was detected over time.