The hydraulic limitation hypothesis revisited

MG Ryan, N Phillips, BJ Bond - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We proposed the hydraulic limitation hypothesis (HLH) as a mechanism to explain universal
patterns in tree height, and tree and stand biomass growth: height growth slows down as …

The pipe model theory half a century on: a review

R Lehnebach, R Beyer, V Letort, P Heuret - Annals of botany, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background More than a half century ago, Shinozaki et al.(. A quantitative analysis of plant
form–the pipe model theory. I. Basic analyses. Japanese Journal of Ecology B: 97–105) …

Fog interception by Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) crowns decouples physiology from soil water deficit

KA Simonin, LS Santiago… - Plant, cell & environment, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Although crown wetting events can increase plant water status, leaf wetting is thought to
negatively affect plant carbon balance by depressing photosynthesis and growth. We …

Homeostatic maintenance of ponderosa pine gas exchange in response to stand density changes

NG McDowell, HD Adams, JD Bailey… - Ecological …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Homeostatic maintenance of gas exchange optimizes carbon gain per water loss.
Homeostasis is regulated by short‐term physiological and long‐term structural mechanisms …

Perpetuating old ponderosa pine

TE Kolb, JK Agee, PZ Fule, NG McDowell… - Forest Ecology and …, 2007 - Elsevier
We review current knowledge about the use of management treatments to reduce human-
induced threats to old ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) trees. We address the following …

The influence of thinning on components of stand water balance in a ponderosa pine forest stand during and after extreme drought

K Simonin, TE Kolb, M Montes-Helu… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2007 - Elsevier
To understand the effect of restoration thinning on the water balance of upland semi-arid
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests of the southwestern US, we compared the …

Tree growth response to drought and temperature in a mountain landscape in northern Arizona, USA

HD Adams, TE Kolb - Journal of Biogeography, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To understand how tree growth response to regional drought and temperature varies
between tree species, elevations and forest types in a mountain landscape. Location Twenty …

Tree size-and age-related changes in leaf physiology and their influence on carbon gain

K Steppe, Ü Niinemets, RO Teskey - Size-and age-related changes in tree …, 2011 - Springer
Understanding how leaf-level physiology changes with tree size and age is important for
scaling single leaf measurements to the whole plant and stand level and for quantifying …

Warming and the dependence of limber pine (Pinus flexilis) establishment on summer soil moisture within and above its current elevation range

AB Moyes, C Castanha, MJ Germino, LM Kueppers - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
Continued changes in climate are projected to alter the geographic distributions of plant
species, in part by affecting where individuals can establish from seed. We tested the …

The role of stand density on growth efficiency, leaf area index, and resin flow in southwestern ponderosa pine forests

NG McDowell, HD Adams, JD Bailey… - Canadian Journal of …, 2007 - cdnsciencepub.com
We examined the response of growth efficiency (GE), leaf area index (LAI), and resin flow
(RF) to stand density manipulations in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.) …