PUGLIELLI , Giacomo

Interacting abiotic stresses exert a fundamental selective pressure on the adaptive syndromes of long-living organisms such as woody plants. However, general patterns and mechanisms describing woody plant adaptations to tolerate multiple abiotic stressors are yet to emerge. This hampers our ability to build predictive frameworks foreseeing...

Aim: Trade-offs among tolerances to different abiotic stressors limit polytolerance in woody plants. However, the general trait syndromes that underlie large-scale toler-ance patterns of woody plants remain controversial. Here, we tested if the leading trait dimensions that define the global spectrum of plant form and function capture the...

The impact of multifactorial abiotic stress combinations on plant functional responses remains controversial, and general patterns of response are yet to emerge. This knowledge gap is particularly relevant for species with innate tolerance to environmental stress. Using the halophyte Salicornia ramosissima as a model species, we performed a...