From the comfort zone to crown dieback: Sequence of physiological stress thresholds in mature European beech trees across progressive drought

Stomatal closure prevents the drop in soil water potential around roots

(2020) Andrea Carminati et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests

(2020) Bernhard Schuldt et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world

(2020) Nate G. McDowell et al.   SCIENCE

Thresholds for leaf damage due to dehydration: declines of hydraulic function, stomatal conductance and cellular integrity precede those for photochemistry

(2019) Santiago Trueba et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Declining root water transport drives stomatal closure in olive under moderate water stress

(2019) Celia M. Rodriguez‐Dominguez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hydraulics in the 21 st century

(2019) Nate G. McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The role of deep vadose zone water in tree transpiration during drought periods in karst settings – Insights from isotopic tracing and leaf water potential

(2019) Simon Damien Carrière et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Xylem sap chemistry: seasonal changes in timberline conifers Pinus cembra, Picea abies, and Larix decidua

(2018) A. Losso et al.   BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Drought timing and local climate determine the sensitivity of eastern temperate forests to drought

(2018) Loïc D'Orangeville et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hydraulic safety margins and air-seeding thresholds in roots, trunks, branches and petioles of four northern hardwood trees

(2018) Jay W. Wason et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Research frontiers for improving our understanding of drought-induced tree and forest mortality

(2018) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Co-occurring woody species have diverse hydraulic strategies and mortality rates during an extreme drought

(2018) Daniel M. Johnson et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Resilient Leaf Physiological Response of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) to Summer Drought and Drought Release

(2018) Ellen E. Pflug et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

No role for xylem embolism or carbohydrate shortage in temperate trees during the severe 2015 drought

(2018) Lars Dietrich et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Equations to compensate for the temperature effect on readings from dielectric Decagon MPS-2 and MPS-6 water potential sensors in soils

(2018) Lorenz Walthert et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Triggers of tree mortality under drought

(2018) Brendan Choat et al.   NATURE

Below-ground hydraulic constraints during drought-induced decline in Scots pine

(2018) Rafael Poyatos et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Insights from in vivo micro-CT analysis: testing the hydraulic vulnerability segmentation in Acer pseudoplatanus and Fagus sylvatica seedlings

(2018) Adriano Losso et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil and climate differently impact NDVI patterns according to the season and the stand type

(2018) C. Piedallu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distinct growth responses to drought for oak and beech in temperate mixed forests

(2018) Margot Vanhellemont et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Influence of multiple biotic and abiotic factors on the crown die-back of European beech trees at their drought limit

(2017) Tamalika Chakraborty et al.   FLORA

Oxygen isotope fractionations across individual leaf carbohydrates in grass and tree species

(2017) Marco M. Lehmann et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Variation in xylem vulnerability to embolism in European beech from geographically marginal populations

(2017) S Stojnić et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Tree species distribution in temperate forests is more influenced by soil than by climate

(2017) Lorenz Walthert et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

(2017) Henry D. Adams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A belowground perspective on the drought sensitivity of forests: Towards improved understanding and simulation

(2016) Richard P. Phillips et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Drought-induced vegetation shifts in terrestrial ecosystems: The key role of regeneration dynamics

(2016) Jordi Martínez-Vilalta et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

Does leaf shedding protect stems from cavitation during seasonal droughts? A test of the hydraulic fuse hypothesis

(2016) Brett T. Wolfe et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Are trees able to grow in periods of stem shrinkage?

(2016) Roman Zweifel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The correlations and sequence of plant stomatal, hydraulic, and wilting responses to drought

(2016) Megan K. Bartlett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Paradigm shift in plant growth control

(2015) Christian Körner   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

How adaptable is the hydraulic system of European beech in the face of climate change-related precipitation reduction?

(2015) Bernhard Schuldt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Rooting depth, water relations and non-structural carbohydrate dynamics in three woody angiosperms differentially affected by an extreme summer drought

(2015) Andrea Nardini et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Climatic and anthropogenic changes in Western Switzerland: Impacts on water stress

(2015) Marianne Milano et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Avoidance of harvesting and sampling artefacts in hydraulic analyses: a protocol tested onMalus domestica

(2015) Barbara Beikircher et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Disturbances in European beech water relation during an extreme drought

(2014) Marianne Peiffer et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Recent advances in tree hydraulics highlight the ecological significance of the hydraulic safety margin

(2014) Sylvain Delzon et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A new look at water transport regulation in plants

(2014) Jordi Martínez-Vilalta et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Changing precipitation regimes and the water and carbon economies of trees

(2014) Rafael S. Oliveira et al.   Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology

Water stress-induced xylem hydraulic failure is a causal factor of tree mortality in beech and poplar

(2013) Têtè Sévérien Barigah et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Extreme drought alters competitive dominance within and between tree species in a mixed forest stand

(2013) Liam Cavin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Shoot desiccation and hydraulic failure in temperate woody angiosperms during an extreme summer drought

(2013) Andrea Nardini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

21st century climate change in the European Alps—A review

(2013) Andreas Gobiet et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

(2013) M. Urli et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Global warming and changes in drought

(2013) Kevin E. Trenberth et al.   Nature Climate Change

Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

(2012) Brendan Choat et al.   NATURE

Comparison of leaf gas exchange and stable isotope signature of water-soluble compounds along canopy gradients of co-occurring Douglas-fir and European beech

(2012) REBEKKA BÖGELEIN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Drought response and changing mean sensitivity of European beech close to the dry distribution limit

(2012) P. Weber et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality

(2012) A. Park Williams et al.   Nature Climate Change

Climate change may cause severe loss in the economic value of European forest land

(2012) Marc Hanewinkel et al.   Nature Climate Change

Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models

(2012) Aiguo Dai   Nature Climate Change

Drought-sensitivity ranking of deciduous tree species based on thermal imaging of forest canopies

(2011) Daniel Scherrer et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

The development of seasonal tree water deficit in Callitris intratropica

(2011) D. M. Drew et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Estimating leaf area index in different types of mature forest stands in Switzerland: a comparison of methods

(2010) Anne Thimonier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Estimating leaf area index of mature temperate forests using regressions on site and vegetation data

(2010) Patrick Schleppi et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Mapping soil water holding capacity over large areas to predict potential production of forest stands

(2010) Christian Piedallu et al.   GEODERMA

Limitation of the Cavitron technique by conifer pit aspiration

(2010) B. Beikircher et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Variable conductivity and embolism in roots and branches of four contrasting tree species and their impacts on whole-plant hydraulic performance under future atmospheric CO2 concentration

(2010) J.-C. Domec et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Leaf water status and stem xylem flux in relation to soil drought in five temperate broad-leaved tree species with contrasting water use strategies

(2009) Paul Köcher et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Seasonal and interannual ecophysiological responses of beech (Fagus sylvatica) at its south-eastern distribution limit in Europe

(2009) Mariangela N. Fotelli et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Beech decline in Central Europe driven by the interaction betweenPhytophthorainfections and climatic extremes

(2008) T. Jung   FOREST PATHOLOGY

Ultrasonic acoustic emissions in drought-stressed trees - more than signals from cavitation?

(2008) R. Zweifel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

(2008) Nate McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST