Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are
thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still …

Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

Over a large fraction of the global landsurface, precipitation interacts with standing
vegetation or organic litter prior to reaching the mineral soil. This interaction has both …

Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

Montane ecosystems are known for their high numbers of endemic species, unique climate
conditions, and wide variety of ecosystem services such as water supply and carbon …

Leaf morphological traits vary systematically along climatic gradients. However, recent
studies in plant functional ecology have mainly analysed quantitative traits, while numerical …

Irrigation is limited by water scarcity. Here, we show how a drip irrigation system inspired by
the leaf of the fig tree Ficus religiosa (also known as the bodhi tree) can improve irrigation …

Leaf wetting is often considered to have negative effects on plant function, such that wet
environments may select for leaves with certain leaf surface, morphological, and …

Water storage on tree crowns, trunks, the understory, and litter is, in many respects, one of
the simplest water balance components of vegetated ecosystems, but one that is rarely …

While it is reasonable to predict that photosynthetic rates are inhibited while leaves are wet,
leaf gas exchange measurements during wet conditions are challenging to obtain due to …