Gas exchange, growth, water transport and carbon (C) metabolism diminish during drought
according to their respective sensitivities to declining water status. The timing of this …

The study of the responses of woody plants to environmental stresses has occupied plant
ecologists and foresters for a long time, but interest in how plants cope with stressful …

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

Non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) pools fluctuate based on the interplay between
photosynthesis, demand from various carbon (C) sinks and tree hydraulic status. Thus, it has …

Climate change scenarios forecast rising temperatures for the Mediterranean region, which
could enhance the vulnerability to drought stress in forest ecosystems. The long‐term effects …

Predicted increases in the frequency and severity of droughts have led to a renewed focus
on how plants physiologically adjust to low water availability. A popular framework for …

One of the greatest concerns regarding the effects of climate change is whether trees will be
able to withstand more arid conditions (Anderegg et al. 2012). Drought episodes have …

Plant responses to drought and heat stress have been extensively studied, whereas post-
stress recovery, which is fundamental to understanding stress resilience, has received much …

Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) facilitate the adaptation of trees to drought stress. There
have been a large number of studies exploring NSC changes in individual plant species and …

The recent worldwide increase of drought-induced tree mortality exacerbated by climate
change (see review by Allen et al, 2009 and references therein) has triggered strong interest …