Severe droughts have caused widespread tree mortality across many forest biomes with
profound effects on the function of ecosystems and carbon balance. Climate change is …

Severe droughts have been associated with regional‐scale forest mortality worldwide.
Climate change is expected to exacerbate regional mortality events; however, prediction …

The first edition of this book was the first to provide an integrated description of sap
ascension from an anatomical and functional point of view. The second edition opens with …

The extreme drought event that occurred in Western Europe during 2003 highlighted the
need to understand the key processes that may allow trees and stands to overcome such …

Events of regional-scale vegetation mortality appear to be increasing in a variety of biomes
throughout the Earth and are frequently associated with increased temperatures, droughts …

Herein we review the current state‐of‐the‐art of plant hydraulics in the context of plant
physiology, ecology, and evolution, focusing on current and future research opportunities …

Cohesion-tension transport of water is an energetically efficient way to carry large amounts
of water from the roots up to the leaves. However, the cohesion-tension mechanism places …

Many aspects of plant water use–particularly in response to soil drought–may have as their
basis the alteration of hydraulic conductance from soil to canopy. The regulation of plant …

Climate change exposes vegetation to unusual drought, causing declines in productivity and
increased mortality. Drought responses are hard to anticipate because canopy transpiration …

Arid environments are characterized by limited and variable rainfall that supplies resources
in pulses. Resource pulsing is a special form of environmental variation, and the general …