DOI: 10.1111/pce.70691 ISSN: 0140-7791

Pre‐drought Conservative Xylem Hydraulic Architecture Is Associated With Enhanced Recovery From the 1976 Drought in European Beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.)

Simon Röder, Edurne Martinez del Castillo, Max Torbenson, Heike Zimmer‐Zachmann, Frederick Reinig, Antonia Kölzer, Ulf Büntgen, Jan Esper, Emanuele Ziaco
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Summary statement

Beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) trees with safer xylem hydraulic architecture recovered better from the 1976 drought than hydraulically efficient individuals, showing that conservative xylem structures, rather than high growth rates, may support resilience to extreme drought.

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