Tree water uptake patterns across the globe

C Bachofen, SJ Tumber‐Dávila, DS Mackay… - New …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant water uptake from the soil is a crucial element of the global hydrological cycle and
essential for vegetation drought resilience. Yet, knowledge of how the distribution of water …

The geophysical toolbox applied to forest ecosystems–A review

B Loiseau, SD Carrière, D Jougnot, K Singha… - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Studying the forest subsurface is a challenge because of its heterogeneous nature and
difficult access. Traditional approaches used by ecologists to characterize the subsurface …

Genomic basis for drought resistance in European beech forests threatened by climate change

M Pfenninger, F Reuss, A Kiebler, P Schönnenbeck… - Elife, 2021‏ - elifesciences.org
In the course of global climate change, Central Europe is experiencing more frequent and
prolonged periods of drought. The drought years 2018 and 2019 affected European …

Impact of extreme rainfall events on soil erosion on karst Slopes: A study of hydrodynamic mechanisms

Y Yan, Z Hu, L Wang, J Jiang, Q Dai, F Gan… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
As global warming intensifies, frequent extreme rainfall events cause severe soil erosion.​
However, the impact of extreme rainfall on erosion on karst slopes and its hydrodynamic …

Tree water deficit and dynamic source water partitioning

MF Nehemy, P Benettin, M Asadollahi… - Hydrological …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen (δ2H and δ18O, respectively) have been
widely used to investigate tree water source partitioning. These tracers have shed new light …

Links of apple tree water uptake strategies with precipitation and soil water dynamics in the deep loess deposits

P Shi, H Gai, W Liu, Z Li - Journal of Hydrology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Understanding how trees absorb water is important for the sustainable management of
water resources and vegetation restoration. However, the water uptake strategy of apple …

[HTML][HTML] Does optimality partitioning theory fail for belowground traits? Insights from geophysical imaging of a drought‐release experiment in a Scots Pine forest

A Shakas, R Hediger, A Gessler, K Singha… - The New …, 2024‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigate the impact of a 20‐yr irrigation on root water uptake (RWU) and drought
stress release in a naturally dry Scots pine forest. We use a combination of electrical …

Patterns of deep fine root and water utilization amongst trees, shrubs and herbs in subtropical pine plantations with seasonal droughts

P Jiang, J Yan, R Liu, X Zhang, S Fan - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Introduction Seasonal droughts will become more severe and frequent under the context of
global climate change, this would result in significant variations in the root distribution and …

An evapotranspiration model driven by remote sensing data for assessing groundwater resource in karst watershed

C Ollivier, A Olioso, SD Carrière, G Boulet… - Science of the Total …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Aquifer recharge may depend mainly on the difference between precipitation and
evapotranspiration. Hydrological models used to estimate groundwater reserves use …

[PDF][PDF] God save the queen! How and why the dominant evergreen species of the Mediterranean Basin is declining?

F Alderotti, E Verdiani - AoB Plants, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Quercus ilex may be considered the queen tree of the Mediterranean Basin, dominating
coastal forest areas up to 2000 m above sea level at some sites. However, an increase in …