Drought decreases water storage capacity of two arboreal epiphytes with differing ecohydrological traits.
Canopy hydrology
Ecohydrology
Hydrophobicity
Interception capacity
Pleopeltis polypodioides
Tillandsia usneoides
Water storage capacity
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 Oct 2023
10 Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
17
04
2023
revised:
30
05
2023
accepted:
08
06
2023
medline:
24
7
2023
pubmed:
13
6
2023
entrez:
12
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Arboreal epiphytes, plants that grow on trees, can significantly increase rainwater storage and evaporation (i.e., "interception") within canopies. Drought conditions may affect this hydrological role, as epiphytes' physiological responses change leaf properties that affect water retention. Drought-induced changes in epiphyte water storage capacity could substantially alter canopy hydrology, but have not been studied. We tested the effects of drought on the water storage capacity (S
Identifiants
pubmed: 37308022
pii: S0048-9697(23)03414-9
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164791
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Water
059QF0KO0R
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
164791Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.