Herein we review the current state‐of‐the‐art of plant hydraulics in the context of plant
physiology, ecology, and evolution, focusing on current and future research opportunities …

Contents I. Introduction 295 II. Evolution of the Plant Vascular System 295 III. Phloem
Development & Differentiation 300 IV. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Xylem Cell …

Plant functional traits are the features (morphological, physiological, phenological) that
represent ecological strategies and determine how plants respond to environmental factors …

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 …

The first edition of this book was the first to provide an integrated description of sap
ascension from an anatomical and functional point of view. The second edition opens with …

Xylem cavitation resistance has profound implications for plant physiology and ecology. This
process is characterized by a 'vulnerability curve'(VC) showing the variation of the …

Global warming is expected to dramatically accelerate forest mortality as temperature and
drought intensity increase. Predicting the magnitude of this impact urgently requires an …

Although xylem embolism resistance is traditionally considered as static, we hypothesized
that in grapevine (Vitis vinifera) leaf xylem becomes more embolism‐resistant over the …

In this review, we discuss the evolution of xylem structure in the context of our current
understanding of the biophysics of water transport in plants. Water transport in land plants …

We tested the hypothesis that greater cavitation resistance correlates with less total inter-
vessel pit area per vessel (the pit area hypothesis) and evaluated a trade-off between …