Uri Hochberg

@uriho.bsky.social

Plant physiologist in Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center. Focuse on plant hydraulics and irrigation

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Resharing new paper @newphyt.bsky.social 🧪 🌳We found a weak trade-off: drought resistant trees tend to be less frost-hardy & vice versa 🌡️🔥❄️ 🌲💪 Conifers are generally tougher than angiosperms🌺 🧐No "costs" related to fast-slow economics spectrum 🍃🌱 📖more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Weak global trade‐off between frost and drought resistance in trees

Drought and frost stresses play important roles in determining species distributions, especially at range margins. Understanding how stress resistance traits interact to determine vulnerability to c...

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