Aims The growing demand from forest managers is to identify silvicultural practices to
overcome projected water scarcity during the next decades. One solution is to mix tree …

We compared the water-use characteristics of co-occurring mature Quercus cerris L. and
Quercus pubescens Willd. trees growing in resource-limited (mainly water) hilly habitats in …

Temperate tree species differ in their physiological sensitivity to declining soil moisture and
drought. Although species‐specific responses to drought have often been suggested to be …

Drought is projected to occur more frequently and intensely in the coming decades, and the
extent to which it will affect forest functioning will depend on species-specific responses to …

Key message Water use patterns of understorey vegetation are species-dependent. Calluna
vulgaris showed little or no regulation of transpiration in response to soil water depletion or …

The aim of our study was to assess the intraspecific variation of a range of leaf attributes and
carbon isotope discrimination (Δ), in Quercus suber, along an 800 mm rainfall gradient in …

Different functional and structural strategies to cope with water shortage exist both within
and across plant communities. The current trend towards increasing drought in many …

Foliar water uptake (FWU) has been investigated in an increasing number of species from a
variety of areas but has remained largely understudied in deciduous, temperate tree species …

Interactions between tree species in forests can be beneficial to ecosystem functions and
services related to the carbon and water cycles by improving for example transpiration and …

Tree growth of Pinus canariensis at treeline in Tenerife, Canary Islands, is thought to be
primarily controlled by wet season precipitation (P) prior to the current year´ s growth …