Initial hydraulic failure followed by late-stage carbon starvation leads to drought-induced death in the tree <i>Trema orientalis</i>.

Although a decreasing trend with respect to the hydraulic conductivity of healthy branches ( K branch ) was also found ( P = 0.0794), the percentage loss of conductivity (PLC, an indicator of embolism in xylem vessels) remained unchanged in the healthy branches (Fig. 3d ).

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