Jul 2026
Lack of co-ordination of stomatal, hydraulic and leaf browning traits in 16 perennial Australian grass species of differing climate origins
It is found that stomatal closure, hydraulic impairment and leaf browning occurred concurrently, in contrast to the progressive sequence typically observed in trees, which highlights the need for grass-specific parameterization of drought responses in process-based models.
Arjunan Krishnananthaselvan, Vinod K. Jacob, Jin-Yan Yang et al.
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