Modelling water fluxes in plants: from tissues to biosphere

M Mencuccini, S Manzoni, B Christoffersen - New Phytologist, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Models of plant water fluxes have evolved from studies focussed on understanding the
detailed structure and functioning of specific components of the soil–plant–atmosphere …

Traits, properties, and performance: how woody plants combine hydraulic and mechanical functions in a cell, tissue, or whole plant

B Lachenbruch, KA McCulloh - New Phytologist, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
This review presents a framework for evaluating how cells, tissues, organs, and whole plants
perform both hydraulic and mechanical functions. The morphological alterations that affect …

The world‐wide 'fast–slow'plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

PB Reich - Journal of ecology, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The leaf economics spectrum (LES) provides a useful framework for examining species
strategies as shaped by their evolutionary history. However, that spectrum, as originally …

The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

L Poorter, I McDonald, A Alarcón, E Fichtler… - New …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
In a comparative study of 42 rainforest tree species we examined relationships amongst
wood traits, diameter growth and survival of large trees in the field, and shade tolerance and …

Xylem hydraulic safety margins in woody plants: coordination of stomatal control of xylem tension with hydraulic capacitance

FC Meinzer, DM Johnson, B Lachenbruch… - Functional …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
The xylem pressure inducing 50% loss of hydraulic conductivity due to embolism (P50) is
widely used for comparisons of xylem vulnerability among species and across aridity …

Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v. 1-Hydro)

BO Christoffersen, M Gloor, S Fauset… - Geoscientific Model …, 2016‏ - gmd.copernicus.org
Forest ecosystem models based on heuristic water stress functions poorly predict tropical
forest response to drought partly because they do not capture the diversity of hydraulic traits …

Metrics and proxies for stringency of regulation of plant water status (iso/anisohydry): a global data set reveals coordination and trade-offs among water transport traits

X Fu, FC Meinzer - Tree Physiology, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Plants operate along a continuum of stringency of regulation of plant water potential from
isohydry to anisohydry. However, most metrics and proxies of plant iso/anisohydric behavior …

Hydraulic failure and tree dieback are associated with high wood density in a temperate forest under extreme drought

WA Hoffmann, RÉEM Marchin, P Abit… - Global Change …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Catastrophic hydraulic failure will likely be an important mechanism contributing to large‐
scale tree dieback caused by increased frequency and intensity of droughts under global …

Coordinated evolution of leaf and stem economics in tropical dry forest trees

R Méndez-Alonzo, H Paz, RC Zuluaga, JA Rosell… - Ecology, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
With data from 15 species in eight families of tropical dry forest trees, we provide evidence of
coordination between the stem and leaf economic spectra. Species with low‐density …

Fibre wall and lumen fractions drive wood density variation across 24 Australian angiosperms

K Ziemińska, DW Butler, SM Gleason, IJ Wright… - AoB Plants, 2013‏ - academic.oup.com
Wood density is considered a key plant trait, affecting mechanical and physiological
performance, yet its biological meaning is still rather unclear. Accordingly we investigated …