Browsing by Author "Armas, Cristina"

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Functional groups of Sahelian trees in a semiarid agroforestry system of Senegal

Diémé, Joseph Saturnin; Armas, Cristina; Diouf, Mayécor; (2018-06)

Aims Addressing plant responses to water stress is critical to understand the structure of plant communities in water-limited environments and to forecast their resilience to future changes in climate. In a semiarid ...
Functional responses of four Sahelian tree species to resource availability.

Diémé, Joseph Saturnin; Armas, Cristina; Rush, Graciela (2019)

Plants experience a fluctuating environment in time and space that affects resource supply. As human impacts on the environment directly and indirectly alter resource availability, it is important to address plant responses ...
Higher leaf nitrogen content is linked to tighter stomatal regulation of transpiration and more efficient water use across dryland trees

Diémé, Joseph Saturnin; Querejeta, Jose Ignacio; Prieto, Ivan; Armas, Cristina; Casanoves, Fernando; Diouf, Mayécor; Yossi, Harouna; Kaya, Bocary; Pugnaire, Francisco I.; Rusch, Graciela M. (2022)

The least-cost economic theory of photosynthesis shows that water and nitrogen are mutually substitutable resources to achieve a given carbon gain. However, vegetation in the Sahel has to cope with the dual challenge ...