List of works - Maurizio Mencuccini

A carbon cost-gain model explains the observed patterns of xylem safety and efficiency

article

A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

article

A new look at water transport regulation in plants

scientific article published on 2 July 2014

A noninvasive optical system for the measurement of xylem and phloem sap flow in woody plants of small stem size

scientific article

A quantitative and statistically robust method for the determination of xylem conduit spatial distribution

scientific article published on 26 July 2010

Aboveground biomass relationships for beech (Fagus moesiaca Cz.) trees in Vermio Mountain, Northern Greece, and generalised equations for Fagus sp

article by Dimitris Zianis & Maurizio Mencuccini published July 2003 in Annals of Forest Science

Aboveground net primary productivity of a beech (Fagus moesiaca) forest: a case study of Naousa forest, northern Greece

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Adaptation and coordinated evolution of plant hydraulic traits

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Adjustments and coordination of hydraulic, leaf and stem traits along a water availability gradient

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Age- and size-related changes in physiological characteristics and chemical composition of Acer pseudoplatanus and Fraxinus excelsior trees

scientific article

Allocation, stress tolerance and carbon transport in plants: how does phloem physiology affect plant ecology?

scientific article published on 04 July 2015

An empirical method that separates irreversible stem radial growth from bark water content changes in trees: theory and case studies.

scientific article published on 12 November 2016

Anthropogenic NOx emissions alter the intrinsic water-use efficiency (WUEi) for Quercus cerris stands under Mediterranean climate conditions

article

Are leaf, stem and hydraulic traits good predictors of individual tree growth?

scientific article published on 20 August 2021

Assessing the effects of nitrogen deposition and climate on carbon isotope discrimination and intrinsic water-use efficiency of angiosperm and conifer trees under rising CO2 conditions

scientific article published on 10 July 2012

Assimilation of repeated woody biomass observations constrains decadal ecosystem carbon cycle uncertainty in aggrading forests

scientific article

Balancing the risks of hydraulic failure and carbon starvation: a twig scale analysis in declining Scots pine.

scientific article

Below-ground hydraulic conductance is a function of environmental conditions and tree size in Scots pine

article

Below-ground root yield and distribution in natural and replanted mangrove forests at Gazi bay, Kenya

scholarly article by F. Tamooh et al published September 2008 in Forest Ecology and Management

Biomechanical and hydraulic determinants of tree structure in Scots pine: anatomical characteristics

scientific article published in February 1997

Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the delta(13)C of soil respired CO(2) in a Mediterranean oak woodland

scientific article

Bridging Scales: An Approach to Evaluate the Temporal Patterns of Global Transpiration Products Using Tree‐Scale Sap Flow Data

scientific article published in 2023

Calibration and validation of a simplified process-based model for the prediction of the carbon balance of Scottish Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) plantations

article

Capacitive effect of cavitation in xylem conduits: results from a dynamic model

scientific article published on January 2009

Carbon stock and stock changes across a Sitka spruce chronosequence on surface-water gley soils

article by K. Black et al published 17 March 2009 in Forestry

Carbon stock changes in a peaty gley soil profile after afforestation with Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)

Changes in tree resistance, recovery and resilience across three successive extreme droughts in the northeast Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Climate and functional traits jointly mediate tree water‐use strategies

scientific article published on 24 April 2021

Climate influences the leaf area/sapwood area ratio in Scots pine

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Comparative Criteria for Models of the Vascular Transport Systems of Tall Trees

article

Comparison of xylem flow velocities determined by MRI and a non-invasive heat pulse technique in Golden Alder and Silver Birch

scientific article published in 2007

Concurrent measurements of change in the bark and xylem diameters of trees reveal a phloem-generated turgor signal.

scientific article

Coordination of physiological traits involved in drought-induced mortality of woody plants

scientific article published on 19 May 2015

Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation. ⬇️

scientific article published on 23 November 2015

Decomposition nitrogen is better retained than simulated deposition from mineral amendments in a temperate forest.

scientific article published on 3 August 2016

Decomposition of mangrove roots: Effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest

article

Determinants of legacy effects in pine trees - implications from an irrigation-stop experiment

scientific article published on 07 April 2020

Development and recovery from winter embolism in silver birch: seasonal patterns and relationships with the phenological cycle in oceanic Scotland

article

Direct observation and modelling of embolism spread between xylem conduits: a case study in Scots pine

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

Disentangling biology from mathematical necessity in twentieth-century gymnosperm resilience trends

scientific article published on 05 April 2021

Does canopy nitrogen uptake enhance carbon sequestration by trees?

scientific article

Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Drought stress and tree size determine stem CO2 efflux in a tropical forest

scientific article published on 3 February 2018

Drought-induced defoliation and long periods of near-zero gas exchange play a key role in accentuating metabolic decline of Scots pine

scientific article

Drought-related tree mortality: addressing the gaps in understanding and prediction

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

Dwarf trees, super-sized shrubs and scaling: why is plant stature so important?

scientific article

Editorial

Effects of Long-Term Nitrogen Addition and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Carbon Accumulation in Picea sitchensis Plantations

article

Effects of climate and site characteristics on Scots pine growth

article by Georgios Xenakis et al published 7 May 2011 in European Journal of Forest Research

Effects of site preparation for afforestation on methane fluxes at Harwood Forest, NE England

article

Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel-experiment framework.

scientific article published on 05 September 2013

Evaporation and carbonic anhydrase activity recorded in oxygen isotope signatures of net CO2fluxes from a Mediterranean soil

Evidence for age- and size-mediated controls of tree growth from grafting studies

scientific article published in March 2007

Exceptionally high mangrove root production rates in the Kelantan Delta, Malaysia; An experimental and comparative study

article

Field measurements of ultrasonic acoustic emissions and stem diameter variations. New insight into the relationship between xylem tensions and embolism

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Forest canopy nitrogen uptake can supply entire foliar demand

scientific article published in 2022

Gap-filling a spatially explicit plant trait database: comparing imputation methods and different levels of environmental information

article

Gap-filling a spatially-explicit plant trait database: comparing imputation methods and different levels of ecological information

article

Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought.

scientific article

Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities

article

Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

article

Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database

scientific article

Green spruce aphid infestations cause larger growth reductions to Sitka spruce under shade

scientific article published on 12 October 2010

Half of the world’s tree biodiversity is unprotected and is increasingly threatened by human activities

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

Harvesting water from unsaturated atmospheres: deliquescence of salt secreted onto leaf surfaces drives reverse sap flow in a dominant arid climate mangrove, Avicennia marina

scientific article

High exposure of global tree diversity to human pressure

scientific article published on 16 June 2022

Hydraulic adjustment of Scots pine across Europe.

scientific article published on 21 July 2009

Hydraulic conductance, light interception and needle nutrient concentration in Scots pine stands and their relations with net primary productivity

scientific article published in May 1996

Hydraulic constraints in the functional scaling of trees

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees.

scientific article

Interspecific variation in functional traits, not climatic differences among species ranges, determines demographic rates across 44 temperate and Mediterranean tree species

article

Intra- and interspecific facilitation in mangroves may increase resilience to climate change threats.

scientific article

Isotopic evidence for the occurrence of biological nitrification and nitrogen deposition processing in forest canopies

scientific article published on 3 July 2015

Leaf economics and plant hydraulics drive leaf : wood area ratios

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Leaf/sapwood area ratios in Scots pine show acclimation across Europe

article by Maurizio Mencuccini & Lorenzo Bonosi published 2001 in Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Life after recovery: Increased resolution of forest resilience assessment sheds new light on post‐drought compensatory growth and recovery dynamics

scientific article published in 2021

Limited acclimation in leaf anatomy to experimental drought in tropical rainforest trees

scientific article published on 10 September 2016

Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v.1-Hydro) ⬇️

article

Linking phloem function to structure: analysis with a coupled xylem-phloem transport model.

scientific article

MEDFATE 2.9.3: a trait-enabled model to simulate Mediterranean forest function and dynamics at regional scales

scientific article published in 2023

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scientific article published in Nature

Managing forests for ecosystem services - can spruce forests show the way?

scholarly article by B. Mason & Maurizio Mencuccini published 11 February 2014 in Forestry

Manipulative experiments demonstrate how long-term soil moisture changes alter controls of plant water use

article

Modelling tropical forest responses to drought and El Niño with a stomatal optimization model based on xylem hydraulics

article

Modelling understorey light for seedling regeneration in continuous cover forestry canopies

scholarly article by S. Bertin et al published 1 July 2011 in Forestry

Modelling water fluxes in plants: from tissues to biosphere

article

Morphological and physiological responses to drought stress of European provenances of Scots pine

article

New insights into the mechanisms of water-stress-induced cavitation in conifers.

scientific article published on 29 July 2009

No signs of meristem senescence in old Scots pine

article by Maurizio Mencuccini et al published 12 February 2014 in Journal of Ecology

On simplifying allometric analyses of forest biomass

scientific article published in 2004

Paired comparisons of carbon exchange between undisturbed and regenerating stands in four managed forests in Europe

article

Paleoclimate and current climate collectively shape the phylogenetic and functional diversity of trees worldwide

preprint

Partitioning between atmospheric deposition and canopy microbial nitrification into throughfall nitrate fluxes in a Mediterranean forest

scientific article published on 20 October 2019

Plant hydraulics at the heart of plant, crops and ecosystem functions in the face of climate change

Plant size, not age, regulates growth and gas exchange in grafted Scots pine trees

scientific article published in January 2007

Plant traits controlling growth change in response to a drier climate

scientific article published on 27 September 2020

Plasticity in hydraulic architecture of Scots pine across Eurasia

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

Plasticity in leaf-level water relations of tropical rainforest trees in response to experimental drought

scientific article

Plumbing the depths: extracellular water storage in specialized leaf structures and its functional expression in a three-domain pressure -volume relationship

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

Predicting stomatal responses to the environment from the optimization of photosynthetic gain and hydraulic cost

scientific article

Preliminary growth functions for Eucalyptus gunnii in the UK

Propagating uncertainty to estimates of above-ground biomass for Kenyan mangroves: A scaling procedure from tree to landscape level

article

Quaternary climate change explains global patterns of tree beta-diversity

preprint

Rainforest trees respond to drought by modifying their hydraulic architecture

scientific article published on 11 December 2018

Rapid losses of surface elevation following tree girdling and cutting in tropical mangroves.

scientific article published on 22 September 2014

Respiration in wood: integrating across tissues, functions and scales

scientific article published on 24 December 2019

Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth

scientific article published on 24 September 2023

SAPFLUXNET: towards a global database of sap flow measurements

scientific article published on 23 November 2016

Sanio's laws revisited. Size-dependent changes in the xylem architecture of trees.

scientific article published on 10 September 2007

Seasonal controls on net branch CO2 assimilation in sub-Arctic Mountain Birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii (Orlova) Hamet-Ahti)

Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis from a coupled 3-PG and soil organic matter decomposition model

article

Separating water-potential induced swelling and shrinking from measured radial stem variations reveals a cambial growth and osmotic concentration signal.

scientific article

Shock and stabilisation following long-term drought in tropical forest from 15 years of litterfall dynamics

scientific article published in 2018

Short-term effects of clearfelling on soil CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes in a Sitka spruce plantation

article

Short-term effects of drought on tropical forest do not fully predict impacts of repeated or long-term drought: gas exchange versus growth

scientific article published on 08 October 2018

Size-mediated ageing reduces vigour in trees

scientific article published in November 2005

Soil carbon dynamics in a Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) chronosequence on a peaty gley

article

Spatial distribution and packing of xylem conduits

scientific article

Species mixing boosts root yield in mangrove trees.

scientific article

Stem injection of 15N-NH4NO3 into mature Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis).

scientific article published on 20 October 2014

Stomatal optimization based on xylem hydraulics (SOX) improves land surface model simulation of vegetation responses to climate

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Tapering of xylem conduits and hydraulic limitations in sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) trees

scientific article published on 7 December 2007

Temperature and masting control Norway spruce growth, but with high individual tree variability

scientific article published in 2019

Temporal scales for the coordination of tree carbon and water economies during droughts

scientific article

The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests

scientific article

The Application of Leaf Ultrasonic Resonance to Vitis vinifera L. Suggests the Existence of a Diurnal Osmotic Adjustment Subjected to Photosynthesis.

scientific article

The carbon balance of forest soils: detectability of changes in soil carbon stocks in temperate and Boreal forests

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

The comparison of several colour indices for the photographic recording of canopy phenology ofFagus crenataBlume in eastern Japan

scientific article published in 2011

The effects of sap ionic composition on xylem vulnerability to cavitation

article

The effects of site preparation practices on carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes from a peaty gley soil

article by W. Mojeremane et al published 19 October 2011 in Forestry

The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

scientific article published on 7 December 2022

The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests

scientific article

The impact of a simple representation of non-structural carbohydrates on the simulated response of tropical forests to drought

scientific article published on 10 July 2020

The impact of soil microorganisms on the global budget of delta18O in atmospheric CO2

scientific article (publication date: 29 December 2009)

The legacy of enhanced N and S deposition as revealed by the combined analysis of δ13C, δ18O and δ15N in tree rings

article

The potential for Eucalyptus as a wood fuel in the UK

The regulation of sapwood area, water transport and heartwood formation in Sitka spruce

scientific article published in 2012

The relationship between carbon dioxide uptake and canopy colour from two camera systems in a deciduous forest in southern England

article

The relevance of xylem network structure for plant hydraulic efficiency and safety

scientific article published on April 2007

The significance of phloem transport for the speed with which canopy photosynthesis and belowground respiration are linked

scientific article published on 13 October 2009

The utility of optical remote sensing for characterizing changes in the photosynthetic efficiency of Norway maple saplings following transplantation

scholarly article by J.M. Atherton et al published 17 September 2012 in International Journal of Remote Sensing

Towards a statistically robust determination of minimum water potential and hydraulic risk in plants

scientific article published on 22 June 2021

Tree height and age-related decline in growth in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.).

scientific article published on 16 September 2006

Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Understanding trait interactions and their impacts on growth in Scots pine branches across Europe

article by Frank J. Sterck et al published 29 February 2012 in Functional Ecology

Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species.

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

Wood density and hydraulic traits influence species’ growth response to drought across biomes

scientific article published on 06 February 2022

Xylem vulnerability to cavitation varies among poplar and willow clones and correlates with yield

scientific article published on December 2007

sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

article

‘Forests, instruments and ideas’ – a tribute to John Grace's career

article by Patrick Meir et al published March 2013 in Plant Ecology and Diversity

List of works by Maurizio Mencuccini

A carbon cost-gain model explains the observed patterns of xylem safety and efficiency

A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

A new look at water transport regulation in plants

A noninvasive optical system for the measurement of xylem and phloem sap flow in woody plants of small stem size

A quantitative and statistically robust method for the determination of xylem conduit spatial distribution

Aboveground biomass relationships for beech (Fagus moesiaca Cz.) trees in Vermio Mountain, Northern Greece, and generalised equations for Fagus sp

Aboveground net primary productivity of a beech (Fagus moesiaca) forest: a case study of Naousa forest, northern Greece

Adaptation and coordinated evolution of plant hydraulic traits

Adjustments and coordination of hydraulic, leaf and stem traits along a water availability gradient

Age- and size-related changes in physiological characteristics and chemical composition of Acer pseudoplatanus and Fraxinus excelsior trees

Allocation, stress tolerance and carbon transport in plants: how does phloem physiology affect plant ecology?

An empirical method that separates irreversible stem radial growth from bark water content changes in trees: theory and case studies.

Anthropogenic NOx emissions alter the intrinsic water-use efficiency (WUEi) for Quercus cerris stands under Mediterranean climate conditions

Are leaf, stem and hydraulic traits good predictors of individual tree growth?

Assessing the effects of nitrogen deposition and climate on carbon isotope discrimination and intrinsic water-use efficiency of angiosperm and conifer trees under rising CO2 conditions

Assimilation of repeated woody biomass observations constrains decadal ecosystem carbon cycle uncertainty in aggrading forests

Balancing the risks of hydraulic failure and carbon starvation: a twig scale analysis in declining Scots pine.

Below-ground hydraulic conductance is a function of environmental conditions and tree size in Scots pine

Below-ground root yield and distribution in natural and replanted mangrove forests at Gazi bay, Kenya

Biomechanical and hydraulic determinants of tree structure in Scots pine: anatomical characteristics

Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the delta(13)C of soil respired CO(2) in a Mediterranean oak woodland

Bridging Scales: An Approach to Evaluate the Temporal Patterns of Global Transpiration Products Using Tree‐Scale Sap Flow Data

Calibration and validation of a simplified process-based model for the prediction of the carbon balance of Scottish Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) plantations

Capacitive effect of cavitation in xylem conduits: results from a dynamic model

Carbon stock and stock changes across a Sitka spruce chronosequence on surface-water gley soils

Carbon stock changes in a peaty gley soil profile after afforestation with Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)

Changes in tree resistance, recovery and resilience across three successive extreme droughts in the northeast Iberian Peninsula

Climate and functional traits jointly mediate tree water‐use strategies

Climate influences the leaf area/sapwood area ratio in Scots pine

Comparative Criteria for Models of the Vascular Transport Systems of Tall Trees

Comparison of xylem flow velocities determined by MRI and a non-invasive heat pulse technique in Golden Alder and Silver Birch

Concurrent measurements of change in the bark and xylem diameters of trees reveal a phloem-generated turgor signal.

Coordination of physiological traits involved in drought-induced mortality of woody plants

Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation. ⬇️

Decomposition nitrogen is better retained than simulated deposition from mineral amendments in a temperate forest.

Decomposition of mangrove roots: Effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest

Determinants of legacy effects in pine trees - implications from an irrigation-stop experiment

Development and recovery from winter embolism in silver birch: seasonal patterns and relationships with the phenological cycle in oceanic Scotland

Direct observation and modelling of embolism spread between xylem conduits: a case study in Scots pine

Disentangling biology from mathematical necessity in twentieth-century gymnosperm resilience trends

Does canopy nitrogen uptake enhance carbon sequestration by trees?

Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests ⬇️

Drought stress and tree size determine stem CO2 efflux in a tropical forest

Drought-induced defoliation and long periods of near-zero gas exchange play a key role in accentuating metabolic decline of Scots pine

Drought-related tree mortality: addressing the gaps in understanding and prediction

Dwarf trees, super-sized shrubs and scaling: why is plant stature so important?

Editorial

Effects of Long-Term Nitrogen Addition and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Carbon Accumulation in Picea sitchensis Plantations

Effects of climate and site characteristics on Scots pine growth

Effects of site preparation for afforestation on methane fluxes at Harwood Forest, NE England

Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel-experiment framework.

Evaporation and carbonic anhydrase activity recorded in oxygen isotope signatures of net CO2fluxes from a Mediterranean soil

Evidence for age- and size-mediated controls of tree growth from grafting studies

Exceptionally high mangrove root production rates in the Kelantan Delta, Malaysia; An experimental and comparative study

Field measurements of ultrasonic acoustic emissions and stem diameter variations. New insight into the relationship between xylem tensions and embolism

Forest canopy nitrogen uptake can supply entire foliar demand

Gap-filling a spatially explicit plant trait database: comparing imputation methods and different levels of environmental information

Gap-filling a spatially-explicit plant trait database: comparing imputation methods and different levels of ecological information

Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought.

Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities

Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database

Green spruce aphid infestations cause larger growth reductions to Sitka spruce under shade

Half of the world’s tree biodiversity is unprotected and is increasingly threatened by human activities

Harvesting water from unsaturated atmospheres: deliquescence of salt secreted onto leaf surfaces drives reverse sap flow in a dominant arid climate mangrove, Avicennia marina

High exposure of global tree diversity to human pressure

Hydraulic adjustment of Scots pine across Europe.

Hydraulic conductance, light interception and needle nutrient concentration in Scots pine stands and their relations with net primary productivity

Hydraulic constraints in the functional scaling of trees

Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees.

Interspecific variation in functional traits, not climatic differences among species ranges, determines demographic rates across 44 temperate and Mediterranean tree species

Intra- and interspecific facilitation in mangroves may increase resilience to climate change threats.

Isotopic evidence for the occurrence of biological nitrification and nitrogen deposition processing in forest canopies

Leaf economics and plant hydraulics drive leaf : wood area ratios

Leaf/sapwood area ratios in Scots pine show acclimation across Europe

Life after recovery: Increased resolution of forest resilience assessment sheds new light on post‐drought compensatory growth and recovery dynamics

Limited acclimation in leaf anatomy to experimental drought in tropical rainforest trees

Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v.1-Hydro) ⬇️

Linking phloem function to structure: analysis with a coupled xylem-phloem transport model.