Plant root water uptake (RWU) has been documented for the past five decades from water
stable isotopic analysis. By comparing the (hydrogen or oxygen) stable isotopic …

Hydraulic redistribution (HR) is the passive movement of water between different soil parts
via plant root systems, driven by water potential gradients in the soil–plant interface. New …

Warming‐induced desiccation of the fertile topsoil layer could lead to decreased nutrient
diffusion, mobility, mineralization and uptake by roots. Increased vertical decoupling …

Trees, the most successful biological power plants on earth, build and plumb the critical
zone (CZ) in ways that we do not yet understand. To encourage exploration of the character …

Aims In the face of problems caused by 'intensive agriculture'dominated by large areas of
monocultures, mixed intercropping mimicking natural ecosystems has been reported to …

The desiccation of upper soil horizons is a common phenomenon, leading to a decrease in
soil microbial activity and mineralization. Recent studies have shown that fungal …

Savanna vegetation is characterized by tree–grass co‐existence that can experience
intense water limitation, yet the water relations of these savanna plants are poorly …

Despite the increasing use of protoplasts in plant biotechnology research, shoot
regeneration from protoplasts remains challenging. In this study, we investigated the factors …

The coexistence of woody plants and grasses in savannas is determined by a complex set of
interacting factors that determine access to resources and demographic dynamics, under the …

A long‐standing ambition in ecosystem science has been to understand the relationship
between ecosystem community composition, structure and function. Differential water use …