This article provides a comprehensive view on the existing knowledge related to adaptation
to soil water deficit in maritime pine, a conifer species widely planted in the southwestern …

Water availability has been considered one of the crucial drivers of species distribution.
However, the increasing of temperatures and more frequent water shortages could …

To meet the increasing demand of wood biomass worldwide in the context of climate
change, developing improved forest tree varieties for high productivity in water-limited …

Resistance to cavitation is a major determinant of plant survival under severe drought and
can be used to quantify species adaptive potential. Interspecific variation in this key trait is …

Abstract Background and Aims It is widely accepted that hydraulic failure due to xylem
embolism is a key factor contributing to drought-induced mortality in trees. In the present …

Plant hydraulic traits are key for understanding and predicting tree drought responses.
Information about the degree of the traits' intra‐specific variability may guide the selection of …

Water use efficiency (WUE) is an important adaptive trait for soil water deficit. The molecular
and physiological bases of WUE regulation in crops have been studied in detail in the …

The aim of this study was to provide new insights into how intraspecific variability in the
response of key functional traits to drought dictates the interplay between gas-exchange …

Xylem resistance to drought-induced cavitation is a key trait of plant water relations. This
study assesses the genetic variation expressed for stem cavitation resistance within a …

Drought is an important environmental factor in Mediterranean ecosystems affecting
seedling recruitment, productivity or susceptibility to fires and pathogens. Studying water use …