Photosynthetic sensitivity to historic meteorological variability for conifers in the eastern Sierra Nevada.

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Article in International journal of biometeorology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

Growth form and lifespan of herbaceous species mediate the role of traits in short-term drought response.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katherine M RossDepartment of Environmental Studies, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA. kamaross@ucsc.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4504-3728

Michael E LoikDepartment of Environmental Studies, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA.

University of California, Santa Cruz · US

Funding

California Native Plant Society Mary DeDecker Botanical GrantNatural Reserve System, University of California Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research GrantNatural Reserve System, University of California Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve Graduate Student Research GrantNorthern California Botanists Graduate Research ScholarshipUniversity of California, Santa Cruz Jean H. Langenheim Graduate Fellowship in Plant Ecology and Evolution

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased climatic variability can impact tree physiological processes beyond what is predicted from changes in mean conditions. We assessed the sensitivity of conifer saplings to spatial and temporal variability in meteorological conditions, taking advantage of the end of California's historic drought and the exceedingly wet winter of 2017. We sought to understand how very dry and very wet conditions constrain photosynthesis and growth in four regionally dominant conifers and whether sensitivity in these processes changes across a 500 m gradient in elevation. All species demonstrated phenotypic plasticity in response to temporal differences in precipitation on both inter-annual and seasonal timescales. Net photosynthesis in Pinus contorta decreased from an early season 2016 average of 12.4 to 6.89 μmol CO

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PinusTracheophytaDroughtsPhotosynthesisSeasonsTreesAbies magnificaMeteorological variationPinus contortaP. jeffreyiStomatal conductanceWater potential

Identifiers

PMID33604739

DOI10.1007/s00484-020-02062-0

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