Quantifying the importance of deep root water uptake for apple trees’ hydrological and physiological performance in drylands

Comparison of the root-soil water relationship of two typical revegetation species along a precipitation gradient on the Loess Plateau

(2021) Shaofei Wang et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The economic–environmental trade-off of growing apple trees in the drylands of China: A conceptual framework for sustainable intensification

(2021) Xiaodong Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Leaf carbon and water status control stomatal and nonstomatal limitations of photosynthesis in trees

(2020) Yann Salmon et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Digging Deeper for Agricultural Resources, the Value of Deep Rooting

(2020) Kristian Thorup-Kristensen et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Responses to drought stress in Prunus sargentii and Larix kaempferi seedlings using morphological and physiological parameters

(2020) Narayan Bhusal et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Impact of land management practices on tree water use strategy and responses to drought in a dryland plantation

(2020) Xiaodong Gao et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Soil properties of apple orchards on China's Loess Plateau

(2020) Min Yang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Advancing nature‐based approaches to address the biodiversity and climate emergency

(2020) Akira S. Mori   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Impacts of soil water stress on the acclimated stomatal limitation of photosynthesis: Insights from stable carbon isotope data

(2020) Aliénor Lavergne et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Measurements and modeling of hydrological responses to summer pruning in dryland apple orchards

(2020) Miaotai Ye et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Water uptake depth is coordinated with leaf water potential, water use efficiency and drought vulnerability in karst vegetation

(2020) Yali Ding et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Precipitation dominates the transpiration of both the economic forest (Malus pumila) and ecological forest (Robinia pseudoacacia) on the Loess Plateau after about 15 years of water depletion in deep soil

(2020) Wenjie Wu et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Grounding nature-based climate solutions in sound biodiversity science

(2019) Nathalie Seddon et al.   Nature Climate Change

Linking reliance on deep soil water to resource economy strategies and abundance among coexisting understorey shrub species in subtropical pine plantations

(2019) Peipei Jiang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Age- and climate- related water use patterns of apple trees on China’s Loess Plateau

(2019) Shaofei Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Identifying a suitable revegetation technique for soil restoration on water-limited and degraded land: Considering both deep soil moisture deficit and soil organic carbon sequestration

(2018) Xiaodong Gao et al.   GEODERMA

Causes of reduced leaf-level photosynthesis during strong El Niño drought in a Central Amazon forest

(2018) Victor Alexandre Hardt Ferreira dos Santos et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Exotic shrub species (Caragana korshinskii) is more resistant to extreme natural drought than native species (Artemisia gmelinii) in a semiarid revegetated ecosystem

(2018) Xiaodong Gao et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Examination of deep root water uptake using anomalies of soil water stable isotopes, depth-controlled isotopic labeling and mixing models

(2018) M. Beyer et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Triggers of tree mortality under drought

(2018) Brendan Choat et al.   NATURE

Water mining from the deep critical zone by apple trees growing on loess

(2018) Huijie Li et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Deep soil water dynamics in an undisturbed primary forest in central Amazonia: Differences between normal years and the 2005 drought

(2017) Elisângela Broedel et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

Soil moisture decline due to afforestation across the Loess Plateau, China

(2017) Xiaoxu Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth

(2017) Ying Fan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drylands face potential threat under 2 °C global warming target

(2017) Jianping Huang et al.   Nature Climate Change

Understanding deep roots and their functions in ecosystems: an advocacy for more unconventional research

(2016) Alain Pierret et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Importance of deep water uptake in tropical eucalypt forest

(2016) Mathias Christina et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Relationships between individual-tree mortality and water-balance variables indicate positive trends in water stress-induced tree mortality across North America

(2016) Robbie A. Hember et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The role of nutrients in drought-induced tree mortality and recovery

(2016) Arthur Gessler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reversible Leaf Xylem Collapse: A Potential “Circuit Breaker” against Cavitation

(2016) Yong-Jiang Zhang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A general ecophysiological framework for modelling the impact of pests and pathogens on forest ecosystems.

(2014) Michael C. Dietze et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains

(2014) D. Nepstad et al.   SCIENCE

Rapid warming accelerates tree growth decline in semi-arid forests of Inner Asia

(2013) Hongyan Liu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Depth of soil water uptake by tropical rainforest trees during dry periods: does tree dimension matter?

(2013) Clément Stahl et al.   OECOLOGIA

How do trees die? A test of the hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses

(2013) SANNA SEVANTO et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Drought response strategies define the relative contributions of hydraulic dysfunction and carbohydrate depletion during tree mortality

(2012) Patrick J. Mitchell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Impacts of land use and plant characteristics on dried soil layers in different climatic regions on the Loess Plateau of China

(2011) Yunqiang Wang et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

(2011) Nate G. McDowell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Soil moisture depletion under simulated drought in the Amazon: impacts on deep root uptake

(2010) Daniel Markewitz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf physiological responses to extreme droughts in Mediterranean Quercus ilex forest

(2010) LAURENT MISSON et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Soil water availability and rooting depth as determinants of hydraulic architecture of Patagonian woody species

(2009) Sandra J. Bucci et al.   OECOLOGIA

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