Conflicting demands on angiosperm xylem: Tradeoffs among storage, transport and biomechanics

The amount of parenchyma and living fibers affects storage of nonstructural carbohydrates in young stems and roots of temperate trees

(2016) Lenka Plavcová et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

INTERVESSEL PIT MEMBRANE THICKNESS AS A KEY DETERMINANT OF EMBOLISM RESISTANCE IN ANGIOSPERM XYLEM

(2016) Shan Li et al.   IAWA JOURNAL

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

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

Experimental evidence for heat plume-induced cavitation and xylem deformation as a mechanism of rapid post-fire tree mortality

(2016) Adam G. West et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Structural determinants of increased susceptibility to dehydration-induced cavitation in post-fire resprouting chaparral shrubs

(2016) Anna L. Jacobsen et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

An ecophysiological and developmental perspective on variation in vessel diameter

(2016) Uwe G. Hacke et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Drought-induced xylem pit membrane damage in aspen and balsam poplar

(2016) Rachel M. Hillabrand et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Chaparral Shrub Hydraulic Traits, Size, and Life History Types Relate to Species Mortality during California’s Historic Drought of 2014

(2016) Martin D. Venturas et al.   PLoS One

Living cells in wood. 1. Absence, scarcity and histology of axial parenchyma as keys to function

(2015) Sherwin Carlquist   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Pit membrane structure is highly variable and accounts for a major resistance to water flow through tracheid pits in stems and roots of two boreal conifer species

(2015) Paul J. Schulte et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

(2015) Sean M. Gleason et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A global analysis of parenchyma tissue fractions in secondary xylem of seed plants

(2015) Hugh Morris et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards understanding resprouting at the global scale

(2015) Juli G. Pausas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Responses of two semiarid conifer tree species to reduced precipitation and warming reveal new perspectives for stomatal regulation

(2015) NúRIA Garcia-Forner et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Grapevine species from varied native habitats exhibit differences in embolism formation/repair associated with leaf gas exchange and root pressure

(2015) THORSTEN KNIPFER et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Phloem as Capacitor: Radial Transfer of Water into Xylem of Tree Stems Occurs via Symplastic Transport in Ray Parenchyma

(2015) Sebastian Pfautsch et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Predicting plant vulnerability to drought in biodiverse regions using functional traits

(2015) Robert Paul Skelton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hydraulic functioning of tree stems—fusing ray anatomy, radial transfer and capacitance

(2015) Sebastian Pfautsch et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Stem diameter variations as a versatile research tool in ecophysiology

(2015) Tom De Swaef et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Patterns of drought-induced embolism formation and spread in living walnut saplings visualized using X-ray microtomography

(2015) Thorsten Knipfer et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Nanobubbles: a new paradigm for air-seeding in xylem

(2015) H. Jochen Schenk et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die-off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene

(2015) Craig D. Allen et al.   Ecosphere

Broad Anatomical Variation within a Narrow Wood Density Range—A Study of Twig Wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms

(2015) Kasia Ziemińska et al.   PLoS One

Functional traits predict drought performance and distribution of Mediterranean woody species

(2014) Bárbara Lopez-Iglesias et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Simultaneous measurements of stem radius variation and sap flux density reveal synchronisation of water storage and transpiration dynamics in olive trees

(2014) Claudia Cocozza et al.   Ecohydrology

Xylem as the main origin of stem radius changes in Eucalyptus

(2014) Roman Zweifel et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Leaf life span and the leaf economic spectrum in the context of whole plant architecture

(2014) Erika J. Edwards et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Phloem transport and drought

(2014) S. Sevanto   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Symplasmic networks in secondary vascular tissues: parenchyma distribution and activity supporting long-distance transport

(2014) R. Spicer   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Traits, properties, and performance: how woody plants combine hydraulic and mechanical functions in a cell, tissue, or whole plant

(2014) Barbara Lachenbruch et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Coping with drought-induced xylem cavitation: coordination of embolism repair and ionic effects in three Mediterranean evergreens

(2014) P. Trifilo et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Cavitation: a blessing in disguise? New method to establish vulnerability curves and assess hydraulic capacitance of woody tissues

(2014) L. L. Vergeynst et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Xylem vessel relays contribute to radial connectivity in grapevine stems (Vitis vinifera and V. arizonica ; Vitaceae)

(2013) Craig R. Brodersen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Contrasting hydraulic strategies in two tropical lianas and their host trees

(2013) Daniel M. Johnson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Fibre dimorphism: cell type diversification as an evolutionary strategy in angiosperm woods

(2013) Sherwin Carlquist   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Mortality of resprouting chaparral shrubs after a fire and during a record drought: physiological mechanisms and demographic consequences

(2013) R. Brandon Pratt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Potential hydraulic efficiency in angiosperm trees increases with growth-site temperature but has no trade-off with mechanical strength

(2013) Shi-Bao Zhang et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A Structural and Compositional Analysis of Intervessel pit Membranes in the Sapwood of some Mangrove Woods

(2013) Nele Schmitz et al.   IAWA JOURNAL

The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and FunctionsF

(2013) William J. Lucas et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Deviation from symmetrically self-similar branching in trees predicts altered hydraulics, mechanics, light interception and metabolic scaling

(2013) Duncan D. Smith et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel-experiment framework

(2013) Nate G. McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Does freezing and dynamic flexing of frozen branches impact the cavitation resistance of Malus domestica and the Populus clone Walker?

(2013) Karen K. Christensen-Dalsgaard et al.   OECOLOGIA

Frost fatigue and spring recovery of xylem vessels in three diffuse-porous treesin situ

(2013) KAREN K. CHRISTENSEN-DALSGAARD et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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

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

The evolution and function of vessel and pit characters with respect to cavitation resistance across 10 Prunus species

(2013) A. Scholz et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Recovery performance in xylem hydraulic conductivity is correlated with cavitation resistance for temperate deciduous tree species

(2013) M. Ogasa et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Fibre wall and lumen fractions drive wood density variation across 24 Australian angiosperms

(2013) Kasia Ziemińska et al.   AoB Plants

Allocation tradeoffs among chaparral shrub seedlings with different life history types (Rhamnaceae)

(2012) R. Brandon Pratt et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species

(2012) Sean M. Gleason et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Elegance versus Speed: Examining the Competition between Conifer and Angiosperm Trees

(2012) Timothy J. Brodribb et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

MRI links stem water content to stem diameter variations in transpiring trees

(2012) Veerle De Schepper et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

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

Moving beyond the cambium necrosis hypothesis of post-fire tree mortality: cavitation and deformation of xylem in forest fires

(2012) S. T. Michaletz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought resistance in early and late secondary successional species from a tropical dry forest: the interplay between xylem resistance to embolism, sapwood water storage and leaf shedding

(2012) FERNANDO PINEDA-GARCÍA et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Hydraulic safety margins and embolism reversal in stems and leaves: Why are conifers and angiosperms so different?

(2012) Daniel M. Johnson et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Carbon reserves and canopy defoliation determine the recovery of Scots pine 4 yr after a drought episode

(2011) L. Galiano et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hydraulics and life history of tropical dry forest tree species: coordination of species’ drought and shade tolerance

(2011) Lars Markesteijn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Structure-function constraints of tracheid-based xylem: a comparison of conifers and ferns

(2011) Jarmila Pittermann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A case-study of water transport in co-occurring ring- versus diffuse-porous trees: contrasts in water-status, conducting capacity, cavitation and vessel refilling

(2011) H. Taneda et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Pit membrane chemistry influences the magnitude of ion-mediated enhancement of xylem hydraulic conductance in four Lauraceae species

(2011) E. Gortan et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The evolution of water transport in plants: an integrated approach

(2010) J. PITTERMANN   Geobiology

Testing hypotheses that link wood anatomy to cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus Acer

(2010) Frederic Lens et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The blind men and the elephant: the impact of context and scale in evaluating conflicts between plant hydraulic safety and efficiency

(2010) Frederick C. Meinzer et al.   OECOLOGIA

Sensing embolism in xylem vessels: the role of sucrose as a trigger for refilling

(2010) FRANCESCA SECCHI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Wood anatomy and wood density in shrubs: Responses to varying aridity along transcontinental transects

(2009) Hugo I. Martínez-Cabrera et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Xylem hydraulic safety margins in woody plants: coordination of stomatal control of xylem tension with hydraulic capacitance

(2009) Frederick C. Meinzer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Xylem root and shoot hydraulics is linked to life history type in chaparral seedlings

(2009) Robert B. Pratt et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed?

(2009) WILLIAM K. CORNWELL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Structure and function of bordered pits: new discoveries and impacts on whole-plant hydraulic function

(2009) Brendan Choat et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

(2009) Lourens Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root-derived CO2 efflux via xylem stream rivals soil CO2 efflux

(2009) Doug P. Aubrey et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Xylem function of arid-land shrubs from California, USA: an ecological and evolutionary analysis

(2009) U. G. HACKE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Hydraulic properties and photosynthetic rates in co-occurring lianas and trees in a seasonal tropical rainforest in southwestern China

(2009) Shi-Dan Zhu et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Independence of stem and leaf hydraulic traits in six Euphorbiaceae tree species with contrasting leaf phenology

(2009) Jun-Wen Chen et al.   PLANTA

An ecophysiological approach of hydraulic performance for nine Mediterranean species

(2009) K. Iovi et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Confronting Maxwell's demon: biophysics of xylem embolism repair

(2009) Maciej A. Zwieniecki et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical tree seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution

(2008) Thomas A. Kursar et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Linkage between water stress tolerance and life history type in seedlings of nine chaparral species (Rhamnaceae)

(2008) R. B. Pratt et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant hydraulics: new discoveries in the pipeline

(2008) R. Brandon Pratt 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

Coordination of leaf and stem water transport properties in tropical forest trees

(2008) Frederick C. Meinzer et al.   OECOLOGIA

Safety and efficiency conflicts in hydraulic architecture: scaling from tissues to trees

(2008) JOHN S. SPERRY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Capacitive effect of cavitation in xylem conduits: results from a dynamic model

(2008) TEEMU HÖLTTÄ et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT