Widespread tree mortality following droughts has emerged as an environmentally and
economically devastating 'ecological surprise'. It is well established that tree physiology is …

Forest thinning can significantly affect hydrological processes. However, these effects
largely vary with forest types, climate, thinning intensity, and hydrological variables of …

Increasing frequency of extremely dry and hot summers in some regions emphasise the
need for silvicultural approaches to increase the drought tolerance of existing forests in the …

Silviculture to maintain old-growth forest attributes appears to be an oxymoron since the late
developmental phases of forest dynamics, described by the term old-growth, represent …

Aims The field of ecohydrology is providing new theoretical frameworks and methodological
approaches for understanding the complex interactions and feedbacks between vegetation …

In seasonally dry Mediterranean regions, forest ecosystems are well adapted to water stress.
However, extended droughts, or droughts that are warmer or more frequent than they have …

Although crown wetting events can increase plant water status, leaf wetting is thought to
negatively affect plant carbon balance by depressing photosynthesis and growth. We …

We investigated the impacts of a thinning prescription commonly used to reduce fuel loads
in mature ponderosa pine forests of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains on the …

Disturbances alter ecosystem carbon dynamics, often by reducing carbon uptake and
stocks. We compared the impact of two types of disturbances that represent the most likely …

Homeostatic maintenance of gas exchange optimizes carbon gain per water loss.
Homeostasis is regulated by short‐term physiological and long‐term structural mechanisms …