Functional traits indicate a continuum of tree drought strategies across a soil water availability gradient in a tropical dry forest

This study evaluates drought survival mechanisms of tropical dry forest (TDF) trees based on their functional traits (FTs). We addressed the following questions: (i) What are the dominant functional guilds (FGs) of tree species across a soil water availability gradient in TDF? (ii) What are the important FTs influencing tree species assemblage in different FGs? (iii) What is the functional composition of different FGs in the study sites, and how...