No xylem phenotypic plasticity in mature Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica trees after 5 years of throughfall precipitation exclusion

Evolutionary relationships between drought-related traits and climate shape large hydraulic safety margins in western North American oaks

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The Kroof experiment: realization and efficacy of a recurrent drought experiment plus recovery in a beech/spruce forest

(2021) Thorsten E. E. Grams et al.   Ecosphere

Mature beech and spruce trees under drought – Higher C investment in reproduction at the expense of whole-tree NSC stores

(2021) Benjamin D. Hesse et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests

(2020) Bernhard Schuldt et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Pit and pit aperture dimensions in plantation-grown Douglas fir as affected by local growth conditions and height in stem

(2020) Andreas Christof et al.   IAWA JOURNAL

Hanging by a thread? Forests and drought

(2020) Timothy J. Brodribb et al.   SCIENCE

Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world

(2020) Nate G. McDowell et al.   SCIENCE

Growth and mortality of Norway spruce and European beech in monospecific and mixed-species stands under natural episodic and experimentally extended drought. Results of the KROOF throughfall exclusion experiment

(2020) H. Pretzsch et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

The total path length hydraulic resistance according to known anatomical patterns: What is the shape of the root-to-leaf tension gradient along the plant longitudinal axis?

(2020) Silvia Lechthaler et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Across climates and species, higher vapour pressure deficit is associated with wider vessels for plants of the same height

(2020) Mark E. Olson et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Stem length, not climate, controls vessel diameter in two trees species across a sharp precipitation gradient

(2019) Alex Fajardo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Precipitation variability differently affects radial growth, xylem traits and ring porosity of three Mediterranean oak species at xeric and mesic sites

(2019) Daniele Castagneri et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Traits and trade-offs in whole-tree hydraulic architecture along the vertical axis of Eucalyptus grandis

(2018) Sebastian Pfautsch et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Drought impacts on phloem transport

(2018) Sanna Sevanto   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Structural and anatomical responses of Pinus sylvestris and Tilia platyphyllos seedlings exposed to water shortage

(2018) Natasa Kiorapostolou et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Interannual variations in needle and sapwood traits of Pinus edulis branches under an experimental drought

(2018) Marceau Guérin et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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Axial xylem architecture of Larix decidua exposed to CO2 enrichment and soil warming at the tree line

(2017) Angela Luisa Prendin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Aridity drove the evolution of extreme embolism resistance and the radiation of conifer genus Callitris

(2017) Maximilian Larter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Acclimation of branch and leaf hydraulics in adult Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies in a forest through-fall exclusion experiment

(2017) Martina Tomasella et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Dominant Trees in a Subtropical Forest Respond to Drought Mainly via Adjusting Tissue Soluble Sugar and Proline Content

(2017) Yuanwen Kuang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

(2017) Henry D. Adams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Climate determines vascular traits in the ecologically diverse genusEucalyptus

(2016) Sebastian Pfautsch et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

(2016) Maxime Cailleret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Wood anatomy and carbon-isotope discrimination support long-term hydraulic deterioration as a major cause of drought-induced dieback

(2016) Elena Pellizzari et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

TRACHEID AND PIT ANATOMY VARY IN TANDEM IN A TALL SEQUOIADENDRON GIGANTEUM TREE

(2016) Martina Lazzarin et al.   IAWA JOURNAL

X-ray microtomography observations of xylem embolism in stems of Laurus nobilis are consistent with hydraulic measurements of percentage loss of conductance

(2016) Andrea Nardini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tree diameter growth after root trenching in a mature mixed stand of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica [L.])

(2016) H. Pretzsch et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Allometric Trajectories and “Stress”: A Quantitative Approach

(2016) Tommaso Anfodillo et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation

(2015) L. Rowland et al.   NATURE

How adaptable is the hydraulic system of European beech in the face of climate change-related precipitation reduction?

(2015) Bernhard Schuldt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Distilling allometric and environmental information from time series of conduit size: the standardization issue and its relationship to tree hydraulic architecture

(2015) M. Carrer et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Divergent climate response on hydraulic-related xylem anatomical traits ofPicea abiesalong a 900-m altitudinal gradient

(2015) Daniele Castagneri et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Universal hydraulics of the flowering plants: vessel diameter scales with stem length across angiosperm lineages, habits and climates

(2014) Mark E. Olson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Axial conduit widening in woody species: a still neglected anatomical pattern

(2014) Tommaso Anfodillo et al.   IAWA JOURNAL

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(2014) S. Sevanto   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Comparison of phloem and xylem hydraulic architecture inPicea abiesstems

(2014) Tuula Jyske et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Comparative axial widening of phloem and xylem conduits in small woody plants

(2014) Giai Petit et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

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

ROXAS – A new tool to build centuries-long tracheid-lumen chronologies in conifers

(2013) Georg von Arx et al.   DENDROCHRONOLOGIA

Phloem transport: a review of mechanisms and controls

(2013) Veerle De Schepper et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

(2012) Brendan Choat et al.   NATURE

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Testing the equi-resistance principle of the xylem transport system in a small ash tree: empirical support from anatomical analyses

(2012) D. Bettiati et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Climate-related trends in sapwood biophysical properties in two conifers: avoidance of hydraulic dysfunction through coordinated adjustments in xylem efficiency, safety and capacitance

(2011) DAVID M. BARNARD et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Widespread crown condition decline, food web disruption, and amplified tree mortality with increased climate change-type drought

(2011) J. Carnicer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The challenge of tree height in Eucalyptus regnans: when xylem tapering overcomes hydraulic resistance

(2010) Giai Petit et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

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

(2009) Hendrik Poorter 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

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

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