Internal water storage buffering maintains plant function under drought as described by a general hydraulic model
A. Kaner, Y. Preisler, J. M. Grünzweig, Y. Mau
The paper develops a hydraulic model to show internal water storage in plants buffers drought stress by creating time lags and maintaining transpiration, with 31% of daily transpiration sourced from storage.
bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2020 · PreprintPlant Biology