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ArticlePlant diversity2026

Divergence in plant water relations mediates the clear niche differentiation of two congeneric desert shrub species.

Chi Zhang, Guang-You Hao, Chun-Yang Duan, Jing Zhang, Ben-Feng Yin, Yuan-Ming Zhang

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Chi ZhangState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
Guang-You HaoCAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
Chun-Yang DuanState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
Jing ZhangState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
Ben-Feng YinState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.
Yuan-Ming ZhangState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China.

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Abstract

Desert plants, despite overall well adapted to drought, exhibit considerable inter-specific differentiation of micro-habitats and variation in adaptive characteristics in the generally much water-limited yet spatially heterogeneous water regimes. Investigating the interplay between fine-scale spacial variation of environmental water regime and inter-specific differences in water-related physiology can provide an important basis for understanding the functional diversity and co-existence of desert plants. Here, we addressed this question by taking advantage of the remarkable niche differentiation of two dominant shrub species,

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Desert shrubsDrought toleranceNiche differentiationTissue water storage capacityXylem hydraulics

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