Stomatal regulation based on competition for water, stochastic rainfall, and xylem hydraulic vulnerability – a new theoretical model

Yaojie Lu1, Remko Duursma1, Caroline Farrior2,3 and Belinda Medlyn4, (1)Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Sydney, Australia, (2)National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, TN, United States, (3)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Integrative Biology, Austin, TX, United States, (4)Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Penrith, NSW, Australia