Resprouting as a response to disturbance is now widely recognized as a key functional trait
among woody plants and as the basis for the persistence niche. However, the underlying …

There are two broad mechanisms by which plant populations persist under recurrent
disturbances: resprouting from surviving tissues, and seedling recruitment. Species can …

Climate change is expected to exacerbate drought for many plants, making drought
tolerance a key driver of species and ecosystem responses. Plant drought tolerance is …

Exploring the role of fire in each of the five Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, this
book offers a unique view of the evolution of fire-adapted traits and the role of fire in shaping …

Plant hydraulics mediate terrestrial woody plant productivity, influencing global water,
carbon, and biogeochemical cycles, as well as ecosystem vulnerability to drought and …

The concept of iso‐vs. anisohydry has been used to describe the stringency of stomatal
regulation of plant water potential (ψ). However, metrics that accurately and consistently …

Understanding and predicting plant response to disturbance is of paramount importance in
our changing world. Resprouting ability is often considered a simple qualitative trait and …

Here, hypotheses about stem and root xylem structure and function were assessed by
analyzing xylem in nine chaparral Rhamnaceae species.• Traits characterizing xylem …

Plants with pronounced succulent tissues present considerable morphological and
phylogenetic diversity. One way to make sense of this diversity is to recognise the common …

Recent work has suggested that plants differ in their relative reliance on structural avoidance
of embolism versus maintenance of the xylem water column through dynamic traits such as …