Woody plants are characterised by a highly complex vascular system, wherein the
secondary xylem (wood) is responsible for the axial transport of water and various …

The maintenance of an intact water column in the xylem lumen several meters above the
ground is essential for woody plant viability. In fact, abiotic and biotic factors can lead to the …

The xylem in plants is specialized to transport water, mechanically support the plant body,
and store water and carbohydrates. Balancing these functions leads to trade-offs that are …

Drought-driven tree mortality has been occurring globally and been investigated by many
researchers. Yet, while subtropical forests of southern China are predicted to experience an …

Drought‐induced tree mortality frequently occurs in patches with different spatial and
temporal distributions, which is only partly explained by inter‐and intraspecific variation in …

The Sapindales are a large order comprised of trees, shrubs, lianas and rarely herbs. This
lineage is mostly pantropical with important temperate lineages, inclusing some of the most …

Wood performs several functions to ensure tree survival and carbon allocation to a finite
stem volume leads to trade‐offs among cell types. It is not known to what extent these trade …

Plant water content is a simple and promising parameter for monitoring drought‐driven plant
mortality risk. However, critical water content thresholds leading to cell damage and plant …

Xylem traits are critical plant functional traits associated with water transport, mechanical
support, and carbohydrate and water storage. Studies on the xylem hydraulic efficiency …

Over the last few decades, extensive dieback and mortality episodes of Quercus ilex L. have
been documented after severe drought events in many Mediterranean forests. However, the …