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

Lethal drought leads to reduction in nonstructural carbohydrates in Norway spruce tree roots but not in the canopy

(2013) Henrik Hartmann et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

Starch turnover: pathways, regulation and role in growth

(2012) Mark Stitt et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

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

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

Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine?

(2012) A. Sala et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Drought induces opposite changes in the concentration of non-structural carbohydrates of two evergreen Nothofagus species of differential drought resistance

(2011) Frida I. Piper   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Climate change impacts on growth and carbon ­balance of forests in Central Europe

(2011) T Hlásny et al.   CLIMATE RESEARCH

Water deficits uncouple growth from photosynthesis, increase C content, and modify the relationships between C and growth in sink organs

(2011) Bertrand Muller et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Effects of the hydraulic coupling between xylem and phloem on diurnal phloem diameter variation

(2011) SANNA SEVANTO et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Mechanisms Linking Drought, Hydraulics, Carbon Metabolism, and Vegetation Mortality

(2011) N. G. McDowell   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

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

Chromatographic analysis of major non-structural carbohydrates in several wood species – an analytical approach for higher accuracy of data

(2010) Michael Raessler et al.   Analytical Methods

The mechanisms of carbon starvation: how, when, or does it even occur at all?

(2010) Nate G. McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2010) Anna Sala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant responses to low [CO2] of the past

(2010) Laci M. Gerhart et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Passive Origins of Stomatal Control in Vascular Plants

(2010) T. J. Brodribb et al.   SCIENCE

Linking phloem function to structure: Analysis with a coupled xylem–phloem transport model

(2009) T. Hölttä et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Observing13C labelling kinetics in CO2respired by a temperate grassland ecosystem

(2009) Ulrike Gamnitzer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought effects on allocation of recent carbon: from beech leaves to soil CO2 efflux

(2009) Nadine K. Ruehr et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought

(2009) H. D. Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Changes in water status and osmolyte contents in leaves and roots of olive plants (Olea europaea L.) subjected to water deficit

(2008) Bartolomeo Dichio et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION