No carbon shortage in declining trees of the isohydric species Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch under drought

Key message

At the sixth and seventh years of a drought event in south of Chile, non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) concentrations were similar between healthy and unhealthy trees of Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch, and growth did not decrease, suggesting that leaf loss prevented C shortage in unhealthy trees.

Keywords
Climate change; Isohydric; Monkey puzzle tree; Soluble sugars; Starch

Publication
Jiménez-Castillo, M., Fajardo, A., Lobos-Catalán, P. et al. No carbon shortage in declining trees of the isohydric species Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch under drought. Annals of Forest Science 79, 10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-022-01123-1

Data and/or Code availability
The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Handling Editor
Erwin Dreyer