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

Groundwater depletion during drought threatens future water security of the Colorado River Basin

(2014) Stephanie L. Castle et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Phloem transport and drought

(2014) S. Sevanto   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

(2014) William R. L. Anderegg   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Coordination of stem and leaf hydraulic conductance in southern California shrubs: a test of the hydraulic segmentation hypothesis

(2014) Alexandria L. Pivovaroff et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A new look at water transport regulation in plants

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

Coordination between water transport capacity, biomass growth, metabolic scaling and species stature in co-occurring shrub and tree species

(2014) DUNCAN D. SMITH et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Concurrent measurements of change in the bark and xylem diameters of trees reveal a phloem-generated turgor signal

(2013) Maurizio Mencuccini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought-induced defoliation and long periods of near-zero gas exchange play a key role in accentuating metabolic decline of Scots pine

(2013) Rafael Poyatos et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reduced transpiration response to precipitation pulses precedes mortality in a piñon-juniper woodland subject to prolonged drought

(2013) Jennifer A. Plaut et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards an advanced assessment of the hydrological vulnerability of forests to climate change-induced drought

(2013) Tamir Klein et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Confronting model predictions of carbon fluxes with measurements of Amazon forests subjected to experimental drought

(2013) Thomas L. Powell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Low root reserve accumulation during drought may lead to winter mortality in poplar seedlings

(2013) David A. Galvez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Precipitation thresholds and drought-induced tree die-off: insights from patterns ofPinus edulismortality along an environmental stress gradient

(2013) Michael J. Clifford et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Thirst beats hunger - declining hydration during drought prevents carbon starvation in Norway spruce saplings

(2013) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Nonstructural leaf carbohydrate dynamics ofPinus edulisduring drought-induced tree mortality reveal role for carbon metabolism in mortality mechanism

(2013) Henry D. Adams et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Regulation and acclimation of leaf gas exchange in a piñon-juniper woodland exposed to three different precipitation regimes

(2013) JEAN-MARC LIMOUSIN 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

Modelling stomatal conductance in response to environmental factors

(2013) THOMAS N. BUCKLEY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Leaf Shrinkage with Dehydration: Coordination with Hydraulic Vulnerability and Drought Tolerance

(2013) C. Scoffoni et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2013) M. Ogasa et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

(2013) M. Urli et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Tropical forests and global change: filling knowledge gaps

(2013) Pieter A. Zuidema et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Conceptual and Parametric Representation of Soil Hydraulic Properties: A Review

(2013) Shmuel Assouline et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Maintenance of xylem Network Transport Capacity: A Review of Embolism Repair in Vascular Plants

(2013) Craig R. Brodersen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A species-level model for metabolic scaling in trees I. Exploring boundaries to scaling space within and across species

(2012) John S. Sperry et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Drought's legacy: multiyear hydraulic deterioration underlies widespread aspen forest die-off and portends increased future risk

(2012) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hydraulic responses to extreme drought conditions in three co-dominant tree species in shallow soil over bedrock

(2012) Kelly R. Kukowski et al.   OECOLOGIA

Hydraulic limits preceding mortality in a piñon-juniper woodland under experimental drought

(2012) JENNIFER A. PLAUT et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Transpiration sensitivity of urban trees in a semi-arid climate is constrained by xylem vulnerability to cavitation

(2012) E. Litvak et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine?

(2012) A. Sala et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Linking definitions, mechanisms, and modeling of drought-induced tree death

(2012) William R.L. Anderegg et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Cavitation induced by a surfactant leads to a transient release of water stress and subsequent ‘run away’ embolism in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) seedlings

(2011) Teemu Hölttä et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The roles of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off

(2011) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Root carbon reserve dynamics in aspen seedlings: does simulated drought induce reserve limitation?

(2011) D. A. Galvez et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Are symplast tolerance to intense drought conditions and xylem vulnerability to cavitation coordinated? An integrated analysis of photosynthetic, hydraulic and leaf level processes in two Mediterranean drought-resistant species

(2010) A. Vilagrosa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Xylem function and growth rate interact to determine recovery rates after exposure to extreme water deficit

(2010) Tim J. Brodribb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Physiological mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality are far from being resolved

(2010) Anna Sala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Dynamics of Embolism Repair in Xylem: In Vivo Visualizations Using High-Resolution Computed Tomography

(2010) C. R. Brodersen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009

(2010) M. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Modeling vegetation and land use in models of the Earth System

(2010) Samuel Levis   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change

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

TRANSPIRATION AND HYDRAULIC STRATEGIES IN A PIÑON–JUNIPER WOODLAND

(2008) A. G. West et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

Drought-induced hydraulic limitations constrain leaf gas exchange recovery after precipitation pulses in the C3 woody legume, Prosopis velutina

(2008) Víctor Resco 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

Wood anatomy constrains stomatal responses to atmospheric vapor pressure deficit in irrigated, urban trees

(2008) Susan E. Bush et al.   OECOLOGIA

Hydraulic Failure Defines the Recovery and Point of Death in Water-Stressed Conifers

(2008) T. J. Brodribb et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Forests and Climate Change: Forcings, Feedbacks, and the Climate Benefits of Forests

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE