Trees are the living foundations on which most terrestrial biodiversity is built. Central to the
success of trees are their woody bodies, which connect their elevated photosynthetic …

Tropical ecosystems have the highest levels of biodiversity, cycle more water and absorb
more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. Consequently, these ecosystems …

Trait variability in space and time allows plants to adjust to changing environmental
conditions. However, we know little about how this variability is distributed and coordinated …

Plant hydraulic traits capture the impacts of drought stress on plant function, yet vegetation
models lack sufficient information regarding trait coordination and variation with climate‐of …

Cities have been described as 'heat islands' and 'dry islands' due to hotter, drier air in urban
areas, relative to the surrounding landscape. As climate change intensifies, the health of …

Anthropogenic activities such as uncontrolled deforestation and increasing greenhouse gas
emissions are responsible for triggering a series of environmental imbalances that affect the …

The vast majority of measurements in the field of plant hydraulics have been on small‐
diameter branches from woody species. These measurements have provided considerable …

Climate change is challenging the resilience of grapevine (Vitis), one of the most important
crops worldwide. Adapting viticulture to a hotter and drier future will require a multifaceted …

Functional relationships between wood density and measures of xylem hydraulic safety and
efficiency are ambiguous, especially in wet tropical forests. In this meta‐analysis, we move …

Atmospheric conditions are expected to become warmer and drier in the future, but little is
known about how evaporative demand influences forest structure and function …