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 …

In the stems of terrestrial vascular plants studied to date, the diameter of xylem water‐
conducting conduits D widens predictably with distance from the stem tip L approximating …

Understanding how plants survive drought and cold is increasingly important as plants
worldwide experience dieback with drought in moist places and grow taller with warming in …

It is noteworthy that the largest part of global vegetation biomass depends on a thin layer of
cells: the vascular cambium. Understanding the wood formation processes and relationships …

The largest part of forest biomass consists of wood. A global estimate of carbon stored in
lignified tissues rises up to 400 Pg. Given these quantities, there is a growing interest of …

Shaping global water and carbon cycles, plants lift water from roots to leaves through xylem
conduits. The importance of xylem water conduction makes it crucial to understand how …

Flowering plants predominantly conduct water in tubes known as vessels, with vessel
diameter playing a crucial role in plant adaptation to climate and reactions to climate …

As a tree grows taller, the increase in gravitational pressure and path length resistance
results in lower water potentials at a given flow rate and higher carbon construction costs to …

Understanding which structural and functional traits are linked to species' vulnerability to
embolism formation (P50) may provide fundamental knowledge on plant strategies to …

Plant hydraulic traits are essential metrics for characterizing variation in plant function, but
they vary markedly with plant size and position in a plant. We explore the potential effect of …