Embolism resistance drives the distribution of Amazonian rainforest tree species along hydro-topographic gradients

Hydrological niche segregation defines forest structure and drought tolerance strategies in a seasonal Amazon forest

(2018) Mauro Brum et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Coordination and trade-offs among hydraulic safety, efficiency and drought avoidance traits in Amazonian rainforest canopy tree species

(2018) Louis S. Santiago et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Lignin composition is related to xylem embolism resistance and leaf life span in trees in a tropical semiarid climate

(2018) Taysla R. A. Lima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Xylem hydraulic safety and construction costs determine tropical tree growth

(2018) Cleiton B. Eller et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Infrared nanospectroscopy reveals the chemical nature of pit membranes in water-conducting cells of the plant xylem

(2018) Luciano Pereira et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The importance of hydraulic architecture to the distribution patterns of trees in a central Amazonian forest

(2017) Luiza H. M. Cosme et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Aridity drove the evolution of extreme embolism resistance and the radiation of conifer genus Callitris

(2017) Maximilian Larter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Progressing from ‘functional’ to mechanistic traits

(2017) Timothy J. Brodribb   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Peppermint trees shift their phosphorus-acquisition strategy along a strong gradient of plant-available phosphorus by increasing their transpiration at very low phosphorus availability

(2017) Gang Huang et al.   OECOLOGIA

Floodplains as an Achilles’ heel of Amazonian forest resilience

(2017) Bernardo M. Flores et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amplification of wildfire area burnt by hydrological drought in the humid tropics

(2017) Muh Taufik et al.   Nature Climate Change

Plant pneumatics: stem air flow is related to embolism - new perspectives on methods in plant hydraulics

(2016) Luciano Pereira et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

On xylem hydraulic efficiencies, wood space-use and the safety-efficiency tradeoff

(2016) Paulo R. L. Bittencourt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe

(2016) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Synthesis of the first 10 years of long-term ecological research in Amazonian Forest ecosystem – implications for conservation and management

(2015) Fernanda V. Costa et al.   Natureza & Conservacao

What plant hydraulics can tell us about responses to climate-change droughts

(2015) John S. Sperry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Vulnerability to drought-induced cavitation in poplars: synthesis and future opportunities

(2015) RÉGIS FICHOT et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Hydrological drought explained

(2015) Anne F. Van Loon   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Hydrological niches in terrestrial plant communities: a review

(2014) Jonathan Silvertown et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Spatial and temporal variation in plant hydraulic traits and their relevance for climate change impacts on vegetation

(2014) William R. L. Anderegg   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Vegetation dynamics and rainfall sensitivity of the Amazon

(2014) Thomas Hilker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Variation in photosynthetic performance and hydraulic architecture across European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) populations supports the case for local adaptation to water stress

(2014) I. Aranda et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

(2013) Amy E. Zanne et al.   NATURE

Wood specific gravity and anatomy of branches and roots in 113 Amazonian rainforest tree species across environmental gradients

(2013) Claire Fortunel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Vertical distance from drainage drives floristic composition changes in an Amazonian rainforest

(2013) Juliana Schietti et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Species distributions in response to individual soil nutrients and seasonal drought across a community of tropical trees

(2013) R. Condit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

(2013) H. ter Steege et al.   SCIENCE

The Effect of Habitat Association and Edaphic Conditions on Tree Mortality during El Niño-induced Drought in a Bornean Dipterocarp Forest

(2012) Akira Itoh et al.   BIOTROPICA

Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

(2012) Brendan Choat et al.   NATURE

Height Above the Nearest Drainage – a hydrologically relevant new terrain model

(2011) A.D. Nobre et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

The 2010 Amazon Drought

(2011) S. L. Lewis et al.   SCIENCE

Transpiration modulates phosphorus acquisition in tropical tree seedlings

(2011) L. A. Cernusak et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest

(2009) Y. Malhi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest

(2009) O. L. Phillips et al.   SCIENCE

Rainfall trends in the Brazilian Amazon Basin in the past eight decades

(2009) Prakki Satyamurty et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Seedling Traits Determine Drought Tolerance of Tropical Tree Species

(2008) Lourens Poorter et al.   BIOTROPICA

Towards quantifying uncertainty in predictions of Amazon 'dieback'

(2008) C. Huntingford et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

HAND, a new terrain descriptor using SRTM-DEM: Mapping terra-firme rainforest environments in Amazonia

(2008) Camilo Daleles Rennó et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

The water balance of an Amazonian micro-catchment: the effect of interannual variability of rainfall on hydrological behaviour

(2007) Javier Tomasella et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES