Claim · model-written summary
No hydraulic acclimation to severe drought was detected over time.
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Verbatim
e0“trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides)”
e1“we observed no evidence of hydraulic acclimation to severe drought over time”
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 The authors infer severe repeated drought raises hydraulic vulnerability.