Diurnal and seasonal variation in the water relations of some deciduous and evergreen trees of a deciduous dry forest of the western coast of Mexico.
Abstract
Data for leaf water potential, leaf turgor pressure and leaf MOE are presented for: Couepia colyandra, Thouinidium decandrum, Randia armata (evergreens); Trichilia trifolia, Thouinia paocidentata (dry season deciduous); and Jacquinia pungens, Coccoloba liebmannii, Forchhammeria pallida (wet season deciduous). Evergreen and wet-deciduous species showed a higher capacity to tolerate water stress than dry-deciduous species.