Drought-associated woody-plant mortality has been increasing in most regions with multi-decadal
records and is projected to increase in the future, impacting terrestrial climate forcing, …

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 …

… Recently, Cochard has addressed the issue through a theoretical model of what would …
Cochard modeled for three-dimensional arrays 12 conduits long, 12 conduits wide, and 12 …

Shifts in rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures associated with climate change are
likely to cause widespread forest decline in regions where droughts are predicted to increase …

This study combines existing hydraulic principles with recently developed methods for probing
leaf hydraulic function to determine whether xylem physiology can explain the dynamic …

… comparing the SMA slopes and intercepts extracted from K S –D H plots. Similarly, we
constructed K S –D H plots to compare conductivity loss curves exhibiting exponential, sigmoidal, …

Stomata play a key role in plant adaptation to changing environmental conditions as they
control both water losses and CO 2 uptake. Particularly, in the context of global change, …

Stomata play a significant role in the Earth's water and carbon cycles, by regulating gaseous
exchanges between the plant and the atmosphere. Under drought conditions, stomatal …

Tree mortality is a key factor influencing forest functions and dynamics, but our understanding
of the mechanisms leading to mortality and the associated changes in tree growth rates …

Hydraulic failure is one of the main causes of tree mortality in conditions of severe drought.
Resistance to cavitation is known to be strongly related to drought tolerance and species …