Water scarcity is a critical limitation for agricultural systems. Two different water management
strategies have evolved in plants: an isohydric strategy and an anisohydric strategy …

Increased tree mortality during and after drought has become a research focus in recent
years. This focus has been driven by: the realisation that drought‐related tree mortality is …

Droughts are expected to become more frequent and more intense under climate change.
Plant mortality rates and biomass declines in response to drought depend on stomatal and …

Attempts to understand mechanisms underlying plant mortality during drought have led to
the emergence of a hydraulic framework describing distinct hydraulic strategies among …

Tree species mixing has been widely promoted as a promising silvicultural tool for reducing
drought stress. However, so far only a limited number of species combinations have been …

Water is essential to plant growth and drives plant evolution and interactions with other
organisms such as herbivores. However, water availability fluctuates, and these fluctuations …

Abstract Knowledge of variations in morphophysiological leaf traits with forest height is
essential for quantifying carbon and water fluxes from forest ecosystems. Here, we …

An effective description of water transport in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum (SPAC) is
needed for wide-ranging applications in hydrology and climate-vegetation interactions. In …

Establishing physiological thresholds to drought-induced mortality in a range of plant
species is crucial in understanding how plants respond to severe drought. Here, five …

Optimization theories explain a variety of forms and functions in plants. At the leaf scale, it is
often hypothesized that carbon gain is maximized, thus providing a quantifiable objective for …