How woody plants adjust above‐ and below‐ground traits in response to sustained drought

Multi‐trait genetic variation in resource‐use strategies and phenotypic plasticity correlates with local climate across the range of a Mediterranean oak ( Quercus faginea )

(2022) Aida Solé‐Medina et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Why study plasticity in multiple traits? New hypotheses for how phenotypically plastic traits interact during development and selection

(2022) Matthew E. Nielsen et al.   EVOLUTION

Drought legacies and ecosystem responses to subsequent drought

(2022) Lena M. Müller et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Carbon allocation to root exudates is maintained in mature temperate tree species under drought

(2022) Melanie Brunn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Divergence of hydraulic traits among tropical forest trees across topographic and vertical environment gradients in Borneo

(2022) Paulo Roberto de Lima Bittencourt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought acclimation of Quercus ilex leaves improves tolerance to moderate drought but not resistance to severe water stress

(2022) Jean‐Marc Limousin et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Active and adaptive plasticity in a changing climate

(2022) Rob Brooker et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Long-term drought adaptation of unirrigated grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.)

(2022) Vinay Pagay et al.   Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology

Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought

(2022) György Kröel-Dulay et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Dynamics of initial C allocation after drought release in mature Norway spruce ‐ Increased belowground allocation of current photoassimilates covers only half of the C used for fine‐root growth

(2022) Kyohsuke Hikino et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Predicting resilience through the lens of competing adjustments to vegetation function

(2022) Manon E. B. Sabot et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Coordination of stem and leaf traits define different strategies to regulate water loss and tolerance ranges to aridity

(2021) Rosana López et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Coupled whole‐tree optimality and xylem‐hydraulics explain dynamic biomass partitioning

(2021) Aaron Potkay et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root lateral interactions drive water uptake patterns under water limitation

(2021) Elizabeth Agee et al.   ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES

Effects of ectomycorrhizal fungi (Suillus variegatus) on the growth, hydraulic function, and non-structural carbohydrates of Pinus tabulaeformis under drought stress

(2021) Jiaxing Wang et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Reconciling trait based perspectives along a trait‐integration continuum

(2021) Simone Fontana et al.   ECOLOGY

Global trends in phenotypic plasticity of plants

(2021) Gisela C. Stotz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Stability of tropical forest tree carbon‐water relations in a rainfall exclusion treatment through shifts in effective water uptake depth

(2021) Alexandria L. Pivovaroff et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Phenotypic integration does not constrain phenotypic plasticity: differential plasticity of traits is associated to their integration across environments

(2021) Silvia Matesanz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Eco‐evolutionary optimality as a means to improve vegetation and land‐surface models

(2021) Sandy P. Harrison et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf Shedding and Non-Stomatal Limitations of Photosynthesis Mitigate Hydraulic Conductance Losses in Scots Pine Saplings During Severe Drought Stress

(2021) Daniel Nadal-Sala et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Stress memory and phyllosphere/soil legacy underlie tolerance and plasticity of Leymus chinensis to periodic drought risk

(2021) Xiliang Li et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Root pressure–volume curve traits capture rootstock drought tolerance

(2021) M K Bartlett et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Representing plant diversity in land models: An evolutionary approach to make “Functional Types” more functional

(2021) Leander D. L. Anderegg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Distinguishing between active plasticity due to thermal acclimation and passive plasticity due to Q 10 effects: Why methodology matters

(2020) Justin C. Havird et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Amazonian trees have limited capacity to acclimate plant hydraulic properties in response to long‐term drought

(2020) P.R.L. Bittencourt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

(2020) Wannes Hubau et al.   NATURE

Intraspecific trait variation influences physiological performance and fitness in the South Africa shrub genus Protea (Proteaceae)

(2020) Kristen M Nolting et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

How do social status and tree architecture influence radial growth, wood density and drought response in spontaneously established oak forests?

(2020) Raquel Alfaro-Sánchez et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Hydraulic traits vary as the result of tip-to-base conduit widening in vascular plants

(2020) Diana Soriano et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Determinants of legacy effects in pine trees – implications from an irrigation‐stop experiment

(2020) Roman Zweifel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Aridity drives coordinated trait shifts but not decreased trait variance across the geographic range of eight Australian trees

(2020) Leander D. L. Anderegg et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Small tropical forest trees have a greater capacity to adjust carbon metabolism to long‐term drought than large canopy trees

(2020) David C. Bartholomew et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Robust leaf trait relationships across species under global environmental changes

(2020) Erqian Cui et al.   Nature Communications

Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit

(2020) M Marin et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Adaptation and coordinated evolution of plant hydraulic traits

(2020) Pablo Sanchez‐Martinez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The response of carbon assimilation and storage to long‐term drought in tropical trees is dependent on light availability

(2020) Lucy Rowland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Non-invasive imaging reveals convergence in root and stem vulnerability to cavitation across five tree species

(2020) Jennifer M R Peters et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Selection patterns on early‐life phenotypic traits in Pinus sylvestris are associated with precipitation and temperature along a climatic gradient in Europe

(2020) José Alberto Ramírez‐Valiente et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant traits controlling growth change in response to a drier climate

(2020) Lucy Rowland et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Non-stomatal processes reduce gross primary productivity in temperate forest ecosystems during severe edaphic drought

(2020) Louis Gourlez de la Motte et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

RNA-directed DNA Methylation

(2020) Robert M. Erdmann et al.   PLoS Genetics

Positive pressure in xylem and its role in hydraulic function

(2020) H. Jochen Schenk et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The interspecific growth–mortality trade-off is not a general framework for tropical forest community structure

(2020) Sabrina E. Russo et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Adjustments and coordination of hydraulic, leaf and stem traits along a water availability gradient

(2019) Teresa Rosas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Dark septate endophytes improve the growth of host and non-host plants under drought stress through altered root development

(2019) Xia Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Leaf economics and plant hydraulics drive leaf : wood area ratios

(2019) Maurizio Mencuccini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

An integrated phenotypic trait-network in thermo-Mediterranean vegetation describing alternative, coexisting resource-use strategies

(2019) Chrysanthi Michelaki et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Natural selection acting on integrated phenotypes: covariance among functional leaf traits increases plant fitness

(2019) Xóchitl Damián et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant root exudation under drought: implications for ecosystem functioning

(2019) Alex Williams et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant Growth and Soil Microbial Impacts of Enhancing Licorice With Inoculating Dark Septate Endophytes Under Drought Stress

(2019) Chao He et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Correlated evolution of morphology, gas exchange, growth rates and hydraulics as a response to precipitation and temperature regimes in oaks ( Quercus )

(2019) José Alberto Ramírez‐Valiente et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Shock and stabilisation following long-term drought in tropical forest from 15 years of litterfall dynamics

(2018) Lucy Rowland et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The importance of phyllosphere on plant functional ecology: a phyllo trait manifesto

(2018) Bruno H. P. Rosado et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards a Comparable Quantification of Resilience

(2018) Johannes Ingrisch et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Improves Substrate Hydraulic Conductivity in the Plant Available Moisture Range Under Root Growth Exclusion

(2018) Michael Bitterlich et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Drought will not leave your glass empty: Low risk of hydraulic failure revealed by long-term drought observations in world’s top wine regions

(2018) Guillaume Charrier et al.   Science Advances

Root exudate metabolomes change under drought and show limited capacity for recovery

(2018) Albert Gargallo-Garriga et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of precipitation change on fine root morphology and dynamics at a global scale: A meta-analysis

(2018) Xin Zhang et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Diversification, adaptation, and community assembly of the American oaks (Quercus ), a model clade for integrating ecology and evolution

(2018) Jeannine Cavender-Bares   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Short-term effects of drought on tropical forest do not fully predict impacts of repeated or long-term drought: gas exchange versus growth

(2018) Patrick Meir et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

When Short Stature Is an Asset in Trees

(2018) Alex Fajardo et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Interspecific integration of trait dimensions at local scales: the plant phenotype as an integrated network

(2017) Julie Messier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Natural variation identifies genes affecting drought-induced abscisic acid accumulation inArabidopsis thaliana

(2017) Rajesh Kalladan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enhanced Drought Stress Tolerance by the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in a Drought-Sensitive Maize Cultivar Is Related to a Broader and Differential Regulation of Host Plant Aquaporins than in a Drought-Tolerant Cultivar

(2017) Gabriela Quiroga et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Bacterial-mediated drought tolerance: Current and future prospects

(2016) Esther Ngumbi et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Mapping ‘hydroscapes’ along the iso- to anisohydric continuum of stomatal regulation of plant water status

(2016) Frederick C. Meinzer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

(2016) Lourens Poorter et al.   NATURE

Predicting stomatal responses to the environment from the optimization of photosynthetic gain and hydraulic cost

(2016) John S. Sperry et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The correlations and sequence of plant stomatal, hydraulic, and wilting responses to drought

(2016) Megan K. Bartlett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of Plasticity: Mechanistic Link between Development and Reversible Acclimation

(2016) Julian E. Beaman et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The Application of Leaf Ultrasonic Resonance to Vitis vinifera L. Suggests the Existence of a Diurnal Osmotic Adjustment Subjected to Photosynthesis

(2016) Domingo Sancho-Knapik et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Hydraulic properties and fine root mass of Larix sibirica along forest edge-interior gradients

(2015) Tselmeg Chenlemuge et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Long-term water stress leads to acclimation of drought sensitivity of photosynthetic capacity in xeric but not riparianEucalyptusspecies

(2015) Shuang-Xi Zhou et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Drought stress limits the geographic ranges of two tree species via different physiological mechanisms

(2015) Leander D. L. Anderegg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2015) L. Rowland et al.   NATURE

Rooting depth, water relations and non-structural carbohydrate dynamics in three woody angiosperms differentially affected by an extreme summer drought

(2015) Andrea Nardini et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldwide

(2015) Amy C. Bennett et al.   Nature Plants

Global analysis of plasticity in turgor loss point, a key drought tolerance trait

(2014) Megan K. Bartlett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Root hydraulics: The forgotten side of roots in drought adaptation

(2014) Vincent Vadez   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Rethinking phenotypic plasticity and its consequences for individuals, populations and species

(2014) A Forsman   HEREDITY

Ficus insipidasubsp.insipida(Moraceae) reveals the role of ecology in the phylogeography of widespread Neotropical rain forest tree species

(2014) Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants: powerful tools for unravelling the functional elements of CAM photosynthesis

(2014) K. Winter et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Multivariate genetic analysis of plant responses to water deficit and high temperature revealed contrasting adaptive strategies

(2014) François Vasseur et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Variation in photosynthetic performance and hydraulic architecture across European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) populations supports the case for local adaptation to water stress

(2014) I. Aranda et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Fungal symbionts alter plant responses to global change

(2013) Stephanie N. Kivlin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The temporal response to drought in a Mediterranean evergreen tree: comparing a regional precipitation gradient and a throughfall exclusion experiment

(2013) Nicolas K. Martin-StPaul et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rapid hydraulic recovery inEucalyptus paucifloraafter drought: linkages between stem hydraulics and leaf gas exchange

(2013) SEBASTIÀ MARTORELL et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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 differences along the water transport system of South American Nothofagus species: do leaves protect the stem functionality?

(2012) S. J. Bucci et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Uniform Selection as a Primary Force Reducing Population Genetic Differentiation of Cavitation Resistance across a Species Range

(2011) Jean-Baptiste Lamy et al.   PLoS One

Hydraulic traits are associated with the distribution range of two closely related Mediterranean firs, Abies alba Mill. and Abies pinsapo Boiss.

(2011) J. J. Peguero-Pina et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Genotypic variability and phenotypic plasticity of cavitation resistance in Fagus sylvatica L. across Europe

(2011) R. Wortemann et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Phenotypic plasticity in mesic populations of Pinus pinaster improves resistance to xylem embolism (P50) under severe drought

(2011) Leyre Corcuera et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Global change and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in plants

(2010) Silvia Matesanz et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The plasticity of phenotypic integration in response to light and water availability in the pepper grass, Lepidium bonariense

(2010) Kylie L. Mallitt et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and plant water use

(2010) Adrienne B. Nicotra et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Ectomycorrhizas and water relations of trees: a review

(2010) Tarja Lehto et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Variable conductivity and embolism in roots and branches of four contrasting tree species and their impacts on whole-plant hydraulic performance under future atmospheric CO2 concentration

(2010) J.-C. Domec et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Hydraulic adjustment of Scots pine across Europe

(2009) J. Martínez-Vilalta et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phenotypic integration may constrain phenotypic plasticity in plants

(2009) Ernesto Gianoli et al.   OIKOS

Intraspecific differences in drought tolerance and acclimation in hydraulics of Ligustrum vulgare and Viburnum lantana

(2009) B. Beikircher et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Rooting depth and leaf hydraulic conductance in the xeric treeHaloxyolon ammodendrongrowing at sites of contrasting soil texture

(2008) G.-Q. Xu et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Responses of leaf stomatal density to water status and its relationship with photosynthesis in a grass

(2008) Z. Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY