Hard and tough: the coordination between leaf mechanical resistance and drought tolerance

The interplay of hydraulic failure and cell vitality explains tree capacity to recover from drought

(2021) Marylou Mantova et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Functional differentiation of invasive and native plants along a leaf efficiency/safety trade-off

(2021) Francesco Petruzzellis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Too dry to survive: Leaf hydraulic failure in two Salvia species can be predicted on the basis of water content

(2021) Elisa Abate et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Components of leaf‐trait variation along environmental gradients

(2020) Ning Dong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf hydraulic properties are decoupled from leaf area across coffee species

(2020) Rafael Mauri et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

The extra‐vascular water pathway regulates dynamic leaf hydraulic decline and recovery in Populus nigra

(2020) Patrizia Trifilò et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Contribution of leaf anatomical traits to leaf mass per area among canopy layers for five coexisting broadleaf species across shade tolerances at a regional scale

(2019) Xueshuang Zhang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The links between leaf hydraulic vulnerability to drought and key aspects of leaf venation and xylem anatomy among 26 Australian woody angiosperms from contrasting climates

(2018) Chris J Blackman et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Global Changes in Drought Conditions Under Different Levels of Warming

(2018) G. Naumann et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Roles of major and minor vein in leaf water deficit tolerance and structural properties in 11 temperate deciduous woody species

(2018) Kiyosada Kawai et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Covariation between leaf hydraulics and biomechanics is driven by leaf density in Mediterranean shrubs

(2018) Rodrigo Méndez-Alonzo et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Ancient cell structural traits and photosynthesis in today’s environment

(2017) José Javier Peguero-Pina et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

(2017) Yusuke Onoda et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Global climatic drivers of leaf size

(2017) Ian J. Wright et al.   SCIENCE

Morpho-anatomical and physiological traits in saplings of drought-tolerant Mediterranean woody species

(2017) Tadeja Savi et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Leaf density explains variation in leaf mass per area in rice between cultivars and nitrogen treatments

(2016) Dongliang Xiong et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

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

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

The contribution of vascular and extra-vascular water pathways to drought-induced decline of leaf hydraulic conductance

(2016) Patrizia Trifiló et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Plasticity in leaf-level water relations of tropical rainforest trees in response to experimental drought

(2016) Oliver Binks et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Visual quantification of embolism reveals leaf vulnerability to hydraulic failure

(2016) Timothy J. Brodribb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf vein xylem conduit diameter influences susceptibility to embolism and hydraulic decline

(2016) Christine Scoffoni et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf thickness controls variation in leaf mass per area (LMA) among grazing-adapted grasses in Serengeti

(2016) Daniel M. Griffith et al.   OECOLOGIA

Turgor maintenance by osmotic adjustment, an adaptive mechanism for coping with plant water deficits

(2016) Neil C. Turner   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Aquaporins and plant transpiration

(2016) Christophe Maurel et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Leaf traits in Chilean matorral: sclerophylly within, among, and beyond matorral, and its environmental determinants

(2016) Jennifer Read et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Leaf Mass per Area (LMA) and Its Relationship with Leaf Structure and Anatomy in 34 Mediterranean Woody Species along a Water Availability Gradient

(2016) Enrique G. de la Riva et al.   PLoS One

How are leaf mechanical properties and water-use traits coordinated by vein traits? A case study in Fagaceae

(2015) Kiyosada Kawai et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Leaf biomechanical properties in Arabidopsis thaliana polysaccharide mutants affect drought survival

(2015) Ronald Balsamo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Aquaporins in Coffea arabica L.: Identification, expression, and impacts on plant water relations and hydraulics

(2015) Matilda Miniussi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Leaf hydraulic vulnerability to drought is linked to site water availability across a broad range of species and climates

(2014) Chris J. Blackman et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Leaf hydraulic capacity and drought vulnerability: possible trade-offs and correlations with climate across three major biomes

(2014) Andrea Nardini et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Water relations of an invasive halophyte (Spartina patens): osmoregulation and ionic effects on xylem hydraulics

(2014) Valentino Casolo et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

When smaller is better: leaf hydraulic conductance and drought vulnerability correlate to leaf size and venation density across four Coffea arabica genotypes

(2014) Andrea Nardini et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Pressure-volume curves: revisiting the impact of negative turgor during cell collapse by literature review and simulations of cell micromechanics

(2014) Yiting Ding et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Exploring variation in leaf mass per area (LMA) from leaf to cell: An anatomical analysis of 26 woody species

(2013) Rafael Villar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

World drought frequency, duration, and severity for 1951-2010

(2013) Jonathan Spinoni et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

How do leaf veins influence the worldwide leaf economic spectrum? Review and synthesis

(2013) Lawren Sack et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

(2013) C. Scoffoni et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Functional relationships between leaf hydraulics and leaf economic traits in response to nutrient addition in subtropical tree species

(2013) M. Villagra et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The determinants of leaf turgor loss point and prediction of drought tolerance of species and biomes: a global meta-analysis

(2012) Megan K. Bartlett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Trade-offs between leaf hydraulic capacity and drought vulnerability: morpho-anatomical bases, carbon costs and ecological consequences

(2012) Andrea Nardini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

What Makes a Leaf Tough? Patterns of Correlated Evolution between Leaf Toughness Traits and Demographic Rates among 197 Shade-Tolerant Woody Species in a Neotropical Forest

(2011) Jared W. Westbrook et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

(2011) Yusuke Onoda et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Differential shrinkage of mesophyll cells in transpiring cotton leaves: implications for static and dynamic pools of water, and for water transport pathways

(2011) Martin Canny et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Decline of Leaf Hydraulic Conductance with Dehydration: Relationship to Leaf Size and Venation Architecture

(2011) C. Scoffoni et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Venation networks and the origin of the leaf economics spectrum

(2010) Benjamin Blonder et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Leaf hydraulic vulnerability is related to conduit dimensions and drought resistance across a diverse range of woody angiosperms

(2010) Christopher J. Blackman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Xylem hydraulic physiology: The functional backbone of terrestrial plant productivity

(2009) Timothy J. Brodribb   PLANT SCIENCE

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

(2009) Jun-Wen Chen et al.   PLANTA

The hydraulic conductance of Fraxinus ornus leaves is constrained by soil water availability and coordinated with gas exchange rates

(2009) E. Gortan et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Leaf water relations during summer water deficit: differential responses in turgor maintenance and variation in leaf structure among different plant communities in south-western Australia

(2008) PATRICK J. MITCHELL et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT