Tip‐to‐base xylem conduit widening as an adaptation: causes, consequences, and empirical priorities

ME Olson, T Anfodillo, SM Gleason… - New …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the stems of terrestrial vascular plants studied to date, the diameter of xylem water‐
conducting conduits D widens predictably with distance from the stem tip L approximating …

Addressing controversies in the xylem embolism resistance–vessel diameter relationship

E Isasa, RM Link, S Jansen, FR Tezeh… - New …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Although xylem embolism is a key process during drought‐induced tree mortality, its
relationship to wood anatomy remains debated. While the functional link between bordered …

Plant height and hydraulic vulnerability to drought and cold

ME Olson, D Soriano, JA Rosell, T Anfodillo… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
Understanding how plants survive drought and cold is increasingly important as plants
worldwide experience dieback with drought in moist places and grow taller with warming in …

Sap flow through partially embolized xylem vessel networks

AL Jacobsen, MD Venturas, UG Hacke… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Sap is transported through numerous conduits in the xylem of woody plants along the path
from the soil to the leaves. When all conduits are functional, vessel lumen diameter is a …

Designing a solar interfacial evaporator based on tree structures for great coordination of water transport and salt rejection

Z Xu, X Ran, Z Zhang, M Zhong, D Wang, P Li… - Materials …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Solar interfacial evaporation has been receiving increasing attention but it is still a huge
challenge to achieve excellent coordination between efficient water transport and salt …

Handbook of standardized protocols for collecting plant modularity traits

J Klimešová, J Martínková, JG Pausas… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Plant modularity traits relevant to functions of on-spot persistence, space occupancy,
resprouting after disturbance, as well as resource storage, sharing, and foraging have been …

No need for pipes when the well is dry—a comment on hydraulic failure in trees

C Körner - Tree physiology, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Increased tree mortality due to severe drought has become a widely debated topic in tree
physiology. There is a rich literature illustrating that severe drought is likely to kill many trees …

Hydrovoltaic electricity generation induced by living leaf transpiration

Q Hu, X Lin, G Ren, J Lü, W Wang, D Zhang, S Zhou - Nature Water, 2024‏ - nature.com
Hydrovoltaic electricity generation, being demonstrated through various forms of water
movement, holds great promise for advancing green energy technologies. However, the …

Xylem vessel‐diameter–shoot‐length scaling: ecological significance of porosity types and other traits

M Olson, JA Rosell, C Martínez‐Pérez… - Ecological …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Flowering plants predominantly conduct water in tubes known as vessels, with vessel
diameter playing a crucial role in plant adaptation to climate and reactions to climate …

Vessel diameter is related to amount and spatial arrangement of axial parenchyma in woody angiosperms

H Morris, MAF Gillingham, L Plavcová… - Plant, Cell & …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Parenchyma represents a critically important living tissue in the sapwood of the secondary
xylem of woody angiosperms. Considering various interactions between parenchyma and …