Hydraulic redistribution (HR) is the passive movement of water between different soil parts
via plant root systems, driven by water potential gradients in the soil–plant interface. New …

Deserts represent key carbon reservoirs, yet as these systems are threatened this has
implications for biodiversity and climate change. This review focuses on how these changes …

Rivers are conduits for materials and energy; this, the frequent and intense disturbances that
these systems experience, and their narrow, linear nature, create problems for conservation …

Hydraulic redistribution (HR)–the movement of water from moist to dry soil through plant
roots–occurs worldwide within a range of different ecosystems and plant species. The …

It is commonly assumed that transpiration does not occur at night because leaf stomata are
closed in the dark. We tested this assumption across a diversity of ecosystems and woody …

Land cover, typically, is a local phenomenon, so the impact of any disturbance is likely to
strongly decrease with catchment size. The position in the landscape will modulate the scale …

At the leaf scale, it is a long-held assumption that stomata close at night in the absence of
light, causing transpiration to decrease to zero. Energy balance models and …

In many regions around the world, groundwater is the key source of water for some
vegetation species, and its availability and dynamics can define vegetation composition and …

In the spirit of the Special Issue of HESS to which it contributes, this paper documents the
origin and development of the science of natural evaporation from land surfaces over the …

Groundwater can serve as an important resource for woody vegetation in semiarid
landscapes, particularly when soil water is functionally depleted and unavailable to plants …