abies TE trees showed a significant trend of decreasing ΔL with time, although only in 2017 ΔL resulted significantly lower than control trees (Figure 7 ). 3.3.
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No xylem phenotypic plasticity in mature Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica trees after 5 years of throughfall precipitation exclusion.
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The branch elongation rate was higher in beech (~34.5 cm/year) compared with spruce (~23.5 cm/year) with an overall trend of branch elongation reduction, but the high intra‐specific variability did not present any statistically significant effect made by prolonged drought.