Hanging by a thread? Forests and drought

TJ Brodribb, J Powers, H Cochard, B Choat - Science, 2020 - science.org
Trees are the living foundations on which most terrestrial biodiversity is built. Central to the
success of trees are their woody bodies, which connect their elevated photosynthetic …

Salt Stress—Regulation of root water uptake in a whole-plant and diurnal context

Y Lu, W Fricke - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on the regulation of root water uptake in plants which are exposed to
salt stress. Root water uptake is not considered in isolation but is viewed in the context of …

A review of global terrestrial evapotranspiration: Observation, modeling, climatology, and climatic variability

K Wang, RE Dickinson - Reviews of Geophysics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This review surveys the basic theories, observational methods, satellite algorithms, and land
surface models for terrestrial evapotranspiration, E (or λE, ie, latent heat flux), including a …

Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm

Q Mu, M Zhao, SW Running - Remote sensing of environment, 2011 - Elsevier
MODIS global evapotranspiration (ET) products by Mu et al.[Mu, Q., Heinsch, FA, Zhao, M.,
Running, SW (2007). Development of a global evapotranspiration algorithm based on …

Global variations in ecosystem‐scale isohydricity

AG Konings, P Gentine - Global change biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Droughts are expected to become more frequent and more intense under climate change.
Plant mortality rates and biomass declines in response to drought depend on stomatal and …

Smaller, faster stomata: scaling of stomatal size, rate of response, and stomatal conductance

PL Drake, RH Froend, PJ Franks - Journal of experimental …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Maximum and minimum stomatal conductance, as well as stomatal size and rate of
response, are known to vary widely across plant species, but the functional relationship …

Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance

BE Medlyn, RA Duursma, D Eamus… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Models of vegetation function are widely used to predict the effects of climate
change on carbon, water and nutrient cycles of terrestrial ecosystems, and their feedbacks to …

Estimating actual, potential, reference crop and pan evaporation using standard meteorological data: a pragmatic synthesis

TA McMahon, MC Peel, L Lowe… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2013 - hess.copernicus.org
This guide to estimating daily and monthly actual, potential, reference crop and pan
evaporation covers topics that are of interest to researchers, consulting hydrologists and …

Elevated tropospheric ozone and crop production: Potential negative effects and plant defense mechanisms

F Nowroz, M Hasanuzzaman, A Siddika… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Ozone (O3) levels on Earth are increasing because of anthropogenic activities and natural
processes. Ozone enters plants through the leaves, leading to the overgeneration of reactive …

[HTML][HTML] Forests, atmospheric water and an uncertain future: the new biology of the global water cycle

D Sheil - Forest Ecosystems, 2018 - Springer
Theory and evidence indicate that trees and other vegetation influence the atmospheric
water-cycle in various ways. These influences are more important, more complex, and more …