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A unique web resource for physiology, ecology and the environmental sciences:PrometheusWiki

article published in 2010

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

An inconvenient truth about xylem resistance to embolism in the model species for refilling Laurus nobilis L.

scientific article published on 13 September 2018

Are needles of Pinus pinaster more vulnerable to xylem embolism than branches? New insights from X-ray computed tomography.

scientific article

AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora ⬇️

publication published on 30 September 2021

Automated analysis of three-dimensional xylem networks using high-resolution computed tomography

scientific article published on 13 May 2011

CO2 availability influences hydraulic function of C3 and C4 grass leaves.

scientific article

Carbon dynamics of eucalypt seedlings exposed to progressive drought in elevated [CO2] and elevated temperature.

scientific article

Casting light on xylem vulnerability in an herbaceous species reveals a lack of segmentation.

scientific article published on 26 January 2017

Cavitation Resistance in Seedless Vascular Plants: The Structure and Function of Interconduit Pit Membranes

scientific article

Centrifuge technique consistently overestimates vulnerability to water stress-induced cavitation in grapevines as confirmed with high-resolution computed tomography

scientific article published on 16 July 2012

Changes in pit membrane porosity due to deflection and stretching: the role of vestured pits

scientific article published on 04 June 2004

Conduit position and connectivity affect the likelihood of xylem embolism during natural drought in evergreen woodland species

scientific article published in 2022

Coordination between leaf, stem, and root hydraulics and gas exchange in three arid-zone angiosperms during severe drought and recovery

scientific article published on 14 September 2018

Coordination of stem and leaf traits define different strategies to regulate water loss and tolerance ranges to aridity

scientific article published on 16 January 2021

Current controversies and challenges in applying plant hydraulic techniques: International Workshop on Plant Hydraulic Techniques, Ulm University, Germany, September 2014.

scientific article

Demographic change and loss of big trees in resprouting eucalypt forests exposed to megadisturbance

scientific article published on 5 April 2024

Desiccation time during drought is highly predictable across species of Eucalyptus from contrasting climates

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

Direct measurements of intervessel pit membrane hydraulic resistance in two angiosperm tree species

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Direct x-ray microtomography observation confirms the induction of embolism upon xylem cutting under tension

scientific article published on 6 November 2014

Diversity of hydraulic traits in nine Cordia species growing in tropical forests with contrasting precipitation

scientific article

Drought resistance of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is promoted by early stomatal closure and leaf shedding

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Drought response strategies and hydraulic traits contribute to mechanistic understanding of plant dry-down to hydraulic failure

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Drought responses of two gymnosperm species with contrasting stomatal regulation strategies under elevated [CO2] and temperature

scientific article

Drought tolerance of Hakea species (Proteaceae) from a range of biomes and life-histories predicted by climatic niche

scientific article published on 2 September 2020

Drought tolerance traits do not vary across sites differing in water availability in Banksia serrata (Proteaceae)

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Drought-related leaf functional traits control spatial and temporal dynamics of live fuel moisture content

scientific article published on 08 April 2022

Dynamics of freeze-thaw embolism in Smilax rotundifolia (Smilacaceae).

scientific article published on April 2007

Elevated [CO2] does not ameliorate the negative effects of elevated temperature on drought-induced mortality in Eucalyptus radiata seedlings

scientific article

Embracing 3D Complexity in Leaf Carbon-Water Exchange

scientific article published on 09 October 2018

Evaluating methods used to measure cavitation resistance in seven woody species with differing xylem anatomy: a comparison of visual and hydraulic techniques

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Evidence for hydraulic vulnerability segmentation and lack of xylem refilling under tension

scientific article

Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought.

scientific article

Hanging by a thread? Forests and drought

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

High safety margins to drought‐induced hydraulic failure found in five pasture grasses

scientific article published on 23 March 2022

Hydraulic architecture of deciduous and evergreen dry rainforest tree species from north-eastern Australia

scientific article published on 08 December 2004

Hydraulic failure and tree size linked with canopy die‐back in eucalypt forest during extreme drought

scientific article published on 25 February 2021

Hydraulic prediction of drought‐induced plant dieback and top‐kill depends on leaf habit and growth form

scientific article published on 19 August 2021

Identifying areas at risk of drought-induced tree mortality across South-Eastern Australia

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

In vivo visualizations of drought-induced embolism spread in Vitis vinifera.

scientific article

Increasing leaf hydraulic conductance with transpiration rate minimizes the water potential drawdown from stem to leaf.

scientific article

Intervascular pit membranes with a torus in the wood of Ulmus (Ulmaceae) and related genera

scientific article published in 2004

Is embolism resistance in plant xylem associated with quantity and characteristics of lignin?

scientific article published on 24 June 2017

Is xylem of angiosperm leaves less resistant to embolism than branches? Insights from microCT, hydraulics, and anatomy

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Leaf economics and plant hydraulics drive leaf : wood area ratios

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Leaf gas exchange performance and the lethal water potential of five European species during drought

scientific article published on 27 November 2015

Leaf water potential measurements using the pressure chamber: Synthetic testing of assumptions towards best practices for precision and accuracy

scientific article published in 2022

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

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Linking physiological processes with mangrove forest structure: phosphorus deficiency limits canopy development, hydraulic conductivity and photosynthetic carbon gain in dwarf Rhizophora mangle

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Living on the edge: A continental‐scale assessment of forest vulnerability to drought

scientific article published on 15 April 2021

Maximum-likelihood estimation of xylem vessel length distributions

scientific article published on 29 July 2018

Measurement of vulnerability to water stress-induced cavitation in grapevine: a comparison of four techniques applied to a long-vesseled species

scientific article

Measurements of stem xylem hydraulic conductivity in the laboratory and field

scientific article published in 2012

Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe

scientific article

Methods for measuring plant vulnerability to cavitation: a critical review

scientific article published in November 2013

Mitigating the open vessel artefact in centrifuge-based measurement of embolism resistance

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

More than iso/anisohydry: Hydroscapes integrate plant water use and drought tolerance traits in 10 eucalypt species from contrasting climates

scientific article published on 7 April 2019

Morphological variation of intervessel pit membranes and implications to xylem function in angiosperms.

scientific article

New insights into bordered pit structure and cavitation resistance in angiosperms and conifers.

scientific article published in January 2009

Non-invasive imaging reveals convergence in root and stem vulnerability to cavitation across five tree species

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Non-invasive imaging shows no evidence of embolism repair after drought in tree species of two genera

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Non-invasive measurement of leaf water content and pressure-volume curves using terahertz radiation

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

Noninvasive Measurement of Vulnerability to Drought-Induced Embolism by X-Ray Microtomography.

scientific article

On research priorities to advance understanding of the safety-efficiency tradeoff in xylem

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

One Stomatal Model to Rule Them All? Toward Improved Representation of Carbon and Water Exchange in Global Models

scientific article published on 03 February 2022

Pit membrane porosity and water stress-induced cavitation in four co-existing dry rainforest tree species

scientific article

Pit membranes in tracheary elements of Rosaceae and related families: new records of tori and pseudotori

scientific article

Plant hydraulic modelling of leaf and canopy fuel moisture content reveals increasing vulnerability of a Mediterranean forest to wildfires under extreme drought

scientific article published in 2022

Plant water potential improves prediction of empirical stomatal models.

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Plasticity in Vulnerability to Cavitation of Pinus canariensis Occurs Only at the Driest End of an Aridity Gradient.

scientific article published on 03 June 2016

Predicting thresholds of drought-induced mortality in woody plant species

scientific article

Rapid hydraulic recovery in Eucalyptus pauciflora after drought: linkages between stem hydraulics and leaf gas exchange.

scientific article

Seasonal patterns of leaf gas exchange and water relations in dry rain forest trees of contrasting leaf phenology

scientific article

Species climate range influences hydraulic and stomatal traits in Eucalyptus species.

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Specific leaf area and vapour pressure deficit control live fuel moisture content

scientific article published on 6 February 2023

Stability of tropical forest tree carbon‐water relations in a rainfall exclusion treatment through shifts in effective water uptake depth

scientific article published on 01 September 2021

Stem and leaf hydraulic properties are finely coordinated in three tropical rain forest tree species.

scientific article published on 29 May 2015

Stomatal and non-stomatal limitations of photosynthesis for four tree species under drought: A comparison of model formulations

scholarly article by J.E. Drake et al published December 2017 in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Structure and function of bordered pits: new discoveries and impacts on whole-plant hydraulic function.

scientific article published on 12 December 2007

Synchrotron X-ray microtomography of xylem embolism in Sequoia sempervirens saplings during cycles of drought and recovery.

scientific article

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Tapping into the physiological responses to mistletoe infection during heat and drought stress

scientific article

Temperature alters the response of hydraulic architecture to CO2 in cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum)

scientific article published in April 2020

Testing hypotheses that link wood anatomy to cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus Acer.

scientific article

The Role of Hydraulic Failure in a Massive Mangrove Die-Off Event

scientific article published on 27 April 2022

The carbon cost of the 2019–20 Australian fires varies with fire severity and forest type

scientific article published in 2022

The correlations and sequence of plant stomatal, hydraulic, and wilting responses to drought

scientific article

The dynamics of embolism repair in xylem: in vivo visualizations using high-resolution computed tomography

scientific article

The effects of Pierce's disease on leaf and petiole hydraulic conductance in Vitis vinifera cv. Chardonnay.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 7 December 2022

The relationships between xylem safety and hydraulic efficiency in the Cupressaceae: the evolution of pit membrane form and function

scientific article (publication date: August 2010)

The role of freezing in setting the latitudinal limits of mangrove forests.

scientific article

Toward an index of desiccation time to tree mortality under drought

scientific article

Towards species‐level forecasts of drought‐induced tree mortality risk

scientific article published on 01 April 2022

Tree hydraulic traits are coordinated and strongly linked to climate-of-origin across a rainfall gradient

scientific article

Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance.

scientific article

Triggers of tree mortality under drought

scientific article published in Nature

Unlocking Drought-Induced Tree Mortality: Physiological Mechanisms to Modeling

scientific article published on 04 April 2022

Using high resolution computed tomography to visualize the three dimensional structure and function of plant vasculature

scientific article published on 5 April 2013

Variation in Xylem Hydraulic Structure and Function of Two Mangrove Species across a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern Australia

scientific article published on 22 March 2021

Vascular function in grape berries across development and its relevance to apparent hydraulic isolation.

scientific article

Visualization of xylem embolism by X-ray microtomography: a direct test against hydraulic measurements

scientific article

Vulnerability to xylem cavitation of <i>Hakea</i> species (Proteaceae) from a range of biomes and life histories predicted by climatic niche

scientific article published on 18 February 2021

Warming Reduces Net Carbon Gain and Productivity in Medicago sativa L. and Festuca arundinacea

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Water, nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiencies of four tree species in response to variable water and nutrient supply

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

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

Woody plants optimise stomatal behaviour relative to hydraulic risk

article by William R. L. Anderegg et al published July 2018 in Ecology Letters

Xylem embolism measured retrospectively is linked to canopy dieback in natural populations of Eucalyptus piperita following drought

Xylem embolism spreads by single-conduit events in three dry forest angiosperm stems

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Xylem resistance to embolism: presenting a simple diagnostic test for the open vessel artefact.

scientific article

Xylem traits mediate a trade-off between resistance to freeze-thaw-induced embolism and photosynthetic capacity in overwintering evergreens.

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Xylem vessel relays contribute to radial connectivity in grapevine stems (Vitis vinifera and V. arizonica; Vitaceae).

scientific article published on 23 January 2013

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