Tropical forest function is of global significance to climate change responses, and critically
determined by water availability patterns. Groundwater is tightly related to soil water through …

Key message Resource-limited environments showed a tendency towards conservative and
coupled leaf and wood traits, while displaying an acquisitive and decoupled pattern in …

The ascent of water from the soil to the leaves of vascular plants, described by the study of
plant hydraulics, regulates ecosystem responses to environmental forcing and recovery from …

Tree diversity and composition in Amazonia are known to be strongly determined by the
water supplied by precipitation. Nevertheless, within the same climatic regime, water …

Aim Understanding tree mortality under climate change‐induced droughts requires
knowledge of hydraulic trait distribution across environmental gradients. The spatial …

Understanding the ecophysiological mechanisms underlying tree adaptation in drought-
prone regions is crucial for predicting forest health in the face of future climate changes …

With current observations and future projections of more intense and frequent droughts in
the tropics, understanding the impact that extensive dry periods may have on tree and …

Vegetation water content (VWC) plays a key role in transpiration, plant mortality, and wildfire
risk. Although land surface models now often contain plant hydraulics schemes, there are …

Droughts are predicted to increase in both frequency and intensity by the end of the 21st
century, but ecosystem response is not expected to be uniform across landscapes. Here we …

The increase in severity of droughts associated with greater mortality and reduced
vegetation growth is one of the main threats to tropical forests. Drought resilience of tropical …