Contributions of intraspecific variation to drought tolerance in trees

A Gazol, A Fajardo, JJ Camarero - Current Forestry Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The capacity of woody plants to cope with climate change
depends on their adjustments to changing environmental conditions by phenotypic plasticity …

Interactions between beech and oak seedlings can modify the effects of hotter droughts and the onset of hydraulic failure

E Mas, H Cochard, J Deluigi, M Didion‐Gency… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mixing species with contrasting resource use strategies could reduce forest vulnerability to
extreme events. Yet, how species diversity affects seedling hydraulic responses to heat and …

Challenges in studying water fluxes within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum: A tracer-based perspective on pathways to progress

N Orlowski, M Rinderer, M Dubbert, N Ceperley… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tracing and quantifying water fluxes in the hydrological cycle is crucial for understanding the
current state of ecohydrological systems and their vulnerability to environmental change …

Chronic warming and dry soils limit carbon uptake and growth despite a longer growing season in beech and oak

M Didion-Gency, Y Vitasse, N Buchmann… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Progressively warmer and drier climatic conditions impact tree phenology and carbon
cycling with large consequences for forest carbon balance. However, it remains unclear how …

Aridity and cold temperatures drive divergent adjustments of European beech xylem anatomy, hydraulics and leaf physiological traits

E Vicente, M Didion-Gency, L Morcillo, X Morin… - Tree …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Understanding plant trait coordination and variance across climatic gradients is critical for
assessing forests' adaptive potential to climate change. We measured 11 hydraulic …

Interaction between beech and spruce trees in temperate forests affects water use, root water uptake pattern and canopy structure

L Kinzinger, J Mach, S Haberstroh, Z Schindler… - Tree …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Beneficial and negative effects of species interactions can strongly influence water fluxes in
forest ecosystems. However, little is known about how trees dynamically adjust their water …

Impact of warmer and drier conditions on tree photosynthetic properties and the role of species interactions

M Didion‐Gency, A Gessler, N Buchmann… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Increased temperature and prolonged soil moisture reduction have distinct impacts on tree
photosynthetic properties. Yet, our knowledge of their combined effect is limited. Moreover …

Identifying drivers of non-stationary climate-growth relationships of European beech

C Leifsson, A Buras, S Klesse, C Baittinger… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The future performance of the widely abundant European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) across
its ecological amplitude is uncertain. Although beech is considered drought-sensitive and …

Improving forest gross primary productivity estimation through climate and trait integration

H Ren, L Zhang, M Yan, B Zhang, L Ruan - Ecological Modelling, 2025 - Elsevier
Accurate simulation of ecosystem process-based models is generally determined by plant
functional parameterizations. However, due to the lack of observed plant functional traits …

Reduced soil moisture drives leaf anatomical shifts more than chronically elevated temperatures in European temperate trees

M Didion‐Gency, J Deluigi, J Gisler, T Juillard… - Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic reductions in soil moisture combined with high air temperatures can modify tree
carbon and water relations. However, little is known about how trees acclimate their foliar …