In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

This study explores the complex interplay between vegetation and soil stability on slopes to
enhance soil-bioengineering and slope stabilization techniques. We assess the multifaceted …

Vegetation modulates Earth's water, energy and carbon cycles. How its functions might
change in the future largely depends on how it copes with droughts,,–. There is evidence …

Multi‐year lags in tree drought recovery, termed 'drought legacy effects', are important for
understanding the impacts of drought on forest ecosystems, including carbon (C) cycle …

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 …

Water stable isotopes (18O and 2H) are widely used as ideal tracers to track water through
the soil and to separate evaporation from transpiration. Due to the technical developments in …

Stable isotope ratios of hydrogen and oxygen have been applied to water cycle research for
over 60 years. Over the past two decades, however, new data, data compilations, and …

Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for
exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) …

Climate, physical landscapes, and biota interact to generate heterogeneous hydrologic
conditions in space and over time, which are reflected in spatial patterns of species …

Partitioning of evapotranspiration (ET) into evaporation from the soil (E) and transpiration
through the stomata of plants (T) is challenging but important in order to assess biomass …