Divergence in wilt tolerance across the range of Mimulus guttatus in the absence of stomatal regulation
Branch, H. A.; Raimondeau, P.; Tonet, V.; Arenas Castro, H.; Fairclough, A.; Hyde, L.; Lakes, D.; Singletary, A.; Blackman, B. K.; Toll, K.; Vallejo-Marin, M.; Brodersen, C. R.; Edwards, E.; Coughlan, J. M.
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Whether phenotypes and environments predict performance under stress is central to ecology and evolution and can reveal species' vulnerability to global change. We sampled Mimulus guttatus range-wide to test whether reproductive, morphological, and physiological traits predict drought responses. Surprisingly, we find that stomatal response, a key mediator of water balance, did not change as drought intensified. Climate, however, predicted survival after turgor loss: plants from regions with large daily relative to seasonal temperature ranges survived wilting longer. Stress responses also depended on life history: where summers are dry, perennials withstood lower water potentials, whereas annuals increased leaf cooling as they wilted. Known trait associations were not fixed: although many baseline traits tracked climate, none predicted drought responses. Drought performance therefore cannot be inferred from traits measured under well-watered conditions. Lacking stomatal regulation, riparian drought escapers like M. guttatus may be vulnerable if shorter growing seasons bring drought before reproduction.
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