The role of height‐driven constraints and compensations on tree vulnerability to drought

L Fernández‐de‐Uña, J Martínez‐Vilalta… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Frequent observations of higher mortality in larger trees than in smaller ones during
droughts have sparked an increasing interest in size‐dependent drought‐induced mortality …

Nonstructural carbon in woody plants

MC Dietze, A Sala, MS Carbone… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Nonstructural carbon (NSC) provides the carbon and energy for plant growth and survival. In
woody plants, fundamental questions about NSC remain unresolved: Is NSC storage an …

The global distribution and environmental drivers of aboveground versus belowground plant biomass

H Ma, L Mo, TW Crowther, DS Maynard… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
A poor understanding of the fraction of global plant biomass occurring belowground as roots
limits our understanding of present and future ecosystem function and carbon pools. Here …

Drought‐induced increase in tree mortality and corresponding decrease in the carbon sink capacity of Canada's boreal forests from 1970 to 2020

Q Liu, C Peng, R Schneider, D Cyr… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Canada's boreal forests, which occupy approximately 30% of boreal forests worldwide, play
an important role in the global carbon budget. However, there is little quantitative information …

Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine?

A Sala, DR Woodruff, FC Meinzer - Tree physiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Research on the degree to which carbon (C) availability limits growth in trees, as well as
recent trends in climate change and concurrent increases in drought-related tree mortality …

A re-evaluation of carbon storage in trees lends greater support for carbon limitation to growth

E Wiley, B Helliker - New Phytologist, 2012 - JSTOR
We still have a poor understanding of what limits tree growth under many conditions. In
general, tree growth can be limited by the availability of carbon within the plant (carbon …

Carbon allocation and carbon isotope fluxes in the plant-soil-atmosphere continuum: a review

N Brüggemann, A Gessler, Z Kayler, SG Keel… - …, 2011 - bg.copernicus.org
The terrestrial carbon (C) cycle has received increasing interest over the past few decades,
however, there is still a lack of understanding of the fate of newly assimilated C allocated …

[PDF][PDF] Does carbon storage limit tree growth?

S Palacio, G Hoch, A Sala, C Körner, P Millard - 2013 - digital.csic.es
Storage is a fundamental process that allows organisms to meet variable demand for 22
resources during their development and buffer environmental fluctuations in resource 23 …

Drought matters–Declining precipitation influences growth of Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus robur L. in north-eastern Germany

T Scharnweber, M Manthey, C Criegee… - Forest Ecology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
For north-eastern Germany regional climate models project rising temperatures in
combination with decreasing summer and increasing winter precipitation. The resulting …

Identifying differences in carbohydrate dynamics of seedlings and mature trees to improve carbon allocation in models for trees and forests

H Hartmann, HD Adams, WM Hammond… - Environmental and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbohydrates play a central role in plant functioning because they are building blocks and
energy carriers for plant metabolic processes. Because plants are sessile organisms and …