Seasonally dry tropical ecosystems occur in the Americas, Africa, India and Australia. They
sustain large human populations, determine regional climate, are sites of biological and …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the ecophysiology of trees of seasonally dry
tropics. This chapter focuses on the seasonally dry tropical and subtropical woodlands and …

Plant hydraulic architecture has been studied extensively, yet we know little about how
hydraulic properties relate to species' life history strategies, such as drought and shade …

The seasonal savannas (cerrados) of Central Brazil are characterized by a large diversity of
evergreen and deciduous trees, which do not show a clear differentiation in terms of active …

Background and Aims The co-occurring of evergreen and deciduous angiosperm trees in
Asian tropical dry forests on karst substrates suggests the existence of different water-use …

Hydraulic conductivity and xylem anatomy were examined in stems of two evergreen
species, Alphitonia excelsa (Fenzal) Benth. and Austromyrtus bidwillii (Benth.) Burret., and …

Using three independent methods (eddy covariance, heat pulse and open‐top chambers),
diurnal and seasonal measurements of evapotranspiration were made in a wet–dry Eucalypt …

The water relations and hydraulic architecture of a tropical tree (Schefflera morototoni) and
of two temperate species (Acer saccharum and Thuja occidentalis) are reported. Among the …

Deciduous and evergreen trees are usually considered the main coexisting functional
groups in seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF). We compared leaf and stem traits of 22 …

In tropical dry forests, spatial heterogeneity in soil water availability is thought to determine
interspecific differences in key components of resource use strategies, such as leaf …