Hydraulic failure resulting from drought‐induced embolism in the xylem of plants is a key
determinant of reduced productivity and mortality. Methods to assess this vulnerability are …

Drought as an intermittent disturbance of the water cycle interacts with the carbon cycle
differently than the 'gradual'climate change. During drought plants respond physiologically …

Although xylem embolism is a key process during drought‐induced tree mortality, its
relationship to wood anatomy remains debated. While the functional link between bordered …

Determining physiological mechanisms and thresholds for climate‐driven tree die‐off could
help improve global predictions of future terrestrial carbon sinks. We directly tested for the …

Plant function requires effective mechanisms to regulate water transport at a variety of
scales. Here, we develop a new theoretical framework describing plant responses to drying …

Plant survival during drought requires adequate hydration in living tissues and carbohydrate
reserves for maintenance and recovery. We hypothesized that tree growth and hydraulic …

Leaf turgor loss point (πtlp) indicates the capacity of a plant to maintain cell turgor pressure
during dehydration, which has been proven to be strongly predictive of the plant response to …

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 …

Climate warming will increase the drought exposure of many forests world‐wide. It is not
well understood how trees adapt their hydraulic architecture to a long‐term decrease in …

Tree water use is central to plant function and ecosystem fluxes. However, it is still unknown
how organ‐level water‐relations traits are coordinated to determine whole‐tree water‐use …