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Physiologia Plantarum 139: 39–54. 2010 Copyright © Physiologia Plantarum 2009, ISSN 0031-9317 Influence of drought intensity on the response of six woody karst species subjected to successive cycles of drought and rewatering a,b a,b a,∗ a a,b c Chang-Cheng Liu , Yu-Guo Liu , Ke Guo , Yuan-Run Zheng , Guo-Qing Li , Li-Fei Yu and Rui Yangc a State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China b Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China c Forestry College, Guizhou University, 550025 Guiyang, China Correspondence Tolerance to the effects of drought and subsequent recovery after a rainfall *Corresponding author, appear to be critical for plants in the karst regions of southwestern China, e-mail: guoke@ibcas.ac.cn which are characterized by frequent but temporary drought events. This study Received 15 July 2009; investigated the effects of drought intensity and repetition on photosynthesis revised 2 December 2009 and photoprotection mechanisms of karst plants during successive cycles of drought and subsequent recovery. Leaf water potential, gas exchange, doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2009.01341.x chlorophyll fluorescence and several associated metabolic processes were studied in six plant species, including Pyracantha fortuneana (PF), Rosa cymosa (RC), Broussonetia papyrifera (BP), Cinnamomum bodinieri (CB),