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'Pressure fatigue': the influence of sap pressure cycles on cavitation vulnerability in Acer negundo

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

A case-study of water transport in co-occurring ring- versus diffuse-porous trees: contrasts in water-status, conducting capacity, cavitation and vessel refilling

scientific article published on November 2008

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

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A species-level model for metabolic scaling in trees I. Exploring boundaries to scaling space within and across species

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A species-level model for metabolic scaling of trees II. Testing in a ring- and diffuse-porous species

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A stomatal control model based on optimization of carbon gain versus hydraulic risk predicts aspen sapling responses to drought

scientific article published on 12 July 2018

A theoretical and empirical assessment of stomatal optimization modeling

scientific article published on 05 April 2020

ANATOMY OF THE PALM RHAPIS EXCELSA, IX. XYLEM STRUCTURE OF THE LEAF INSERTION

scientific article published in 1983

An empirical assessment of tree branching networks and implications for plant allometric scaling models

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Analysis of circular bordered pit function I. Angiosperm vessels with homogenous pit membranes

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Analysis of circular bordered pit function II. Gymnosperm tracheids with torus-margo pit membranes

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Analysis of freeze-thaw embolism in conifers. The interaction between cavitation pressure and tracheid size

scientific article published on 23 December 2005

Calibration of thermal dissipation sap flow probes for ring- and diffuse-porous trees ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Cavitation fatigue and its reversal in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.).

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Comparative hydraulic architecture of tropical tree species representing a range of successional stages and wood density

scientific article published on 29 March 2011

Conifers depend on established roots during drought: results from a coupled model of carbon allocation and hydraulics

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Contrasting drought tolerance strategies in two desert annuals of hybrid origin

scientific article published on 30 April 2010

Convergence in leaf size versus twig leaf area scaling: do plants optimize leaf area partitioning?

scientific article published on 27 December 2016

Coordination between water transport capacity, biomass growth, metabolic scaling and species stature in co-occurring shrub and tree species.

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

Cutting-edge research or cutting-edge artefact? An overdue control experiment complicates the xylem refilling story

scientific article published on 22 August 2013

Dependence of Aspen Stands on a Subsurface Water Subsidy: Implications for Climate Change Impacts

scientific article published on 17 December 2018

Deviation from symmetrically self-similar branching in trees predicts altered hydraulics, mechanics, light interception and metabolic scaling

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Does leaf shedding protect stems from cavitation during seasonal droughts? A test of the hydraulic fuse hypothesis

scientific article published on 4 July 2016

Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Efficiency Versus Safety Tradeoffs for Water Conduction in Angiosperm Vessels Versus Gymnosperm Tracheids

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Embolism resistance as a key mechanism to understand adaptive plant strategies

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Embolized conduits of rice (Oryza sativa, Poaceae) refill despite negative xylem pressure

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

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

scientific article published on 05 September 2013

Evaluation of centrifugal methods for measuring xylem cavitation in conifers, diffuse- and ring-porous angiosperms

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Evolution of Water Transport and Xylem Structure

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Freeze-thaw-induced embolism in Pinus contorta: centrifuge experiments validate the 'thaw-expansion hypothesis' but conflict with ultrasonic emission data

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Freezing-induced xylem cavitation and the northern limit of Larrea tridentata

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Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought.

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Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought

scientific article published in Nature

Hydraulic limits preceding mortality in a piñon-juniper woodland under experimental drought

scientific article published on 24 April 2012

Hydraulic properties of rice and the response of gas exchange to water stress

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Improving xylem hydraulic conductivity measurements by correcting the error caused by passive water uptake

scientific article published on 27 April 2012

In situ embolism induction reveals vessel refilling in a natural aspen stand

scientific article published on 2 March 2018

Inter-tracheid pitting and the hydraulic efficiency of conifer wood: the role of tracheid allometry and cavitation protection.

scientific article published in September 2006

Interdependence of chronic hydraulic dysfunction and canopy processes can improve integrated models of tree response to drought

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Leveraging plant hydraulics to yield predictive and dynamic plant leaf allocation in vegetation models with climate change

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Mechanical reinforcement of tracheids compromises the hydraulic efficiency of conifer xylem

scientific article published on August 2006

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

scientific article

Moving water well: comparing hydraulic efficiency in twigs and trunks of coniferous, ring-porous, and diffuse-porous saplings from temperate and tropical forests

scientific article published on 12 February 2010

Murray's law, the 'Yarrum' optimum, and the hydraulic architecture of compound leaves

scientific article published on 13 July 2009

OBSERVATIONS OF REACTION FIBERS IN LEAVES OF DICOTYLEDONS

scientific article published in 1982

Observations on the Structure and Function of Hydathodes in Blechnum lehmannii

Patterns in hydraulic architecture and their implications for transport efficiency

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Plant hydraulics as a central hub integrating plant and ecosystem function: meeting report for 'Emerging Frontiers in Plant Hydraulics' (Washington, DC, May 2015).

scientific article

Plant hydraulics improves and topography mediates prediction of aspen mortality in southwestern USA.

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Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit

scientific article published on 17 February 2020

Plant water potential improves prediction of empirical stomatal models.

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Plant xylem hydraulics: What we understand, current research, and future challenges

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Pragmatic hydraulic theory predicts stomatal responses to climatic water deficits.

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

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Rare pits, large vessels and extreme vulnerability to cavitation in a ring-porous tree species.

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Safety and efficiency conflicts in hydraulic architecture: scaling from tissues to trees.

scientific article published on 10 December 2007

Scaling of angiosperm xylem structure with safety and efficiency

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Shoot dieback during prolonged drought in Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae) chaparral of California: a possible case of hydraulic failure ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2002

Single-vessel flow measurements indicate scalariform perforation plates confer higher flow resistance than previously estimated

scientific article published on 25 November 2009

Size and function in conifer tracheids and angiosperm vessels

scientific article published in October 2006

Sustained and significant negative water pressure in xylem

scientific article published in Nature

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

scientific article

Testing the 'rare pit' hypothesis for xylem cavitation resistance in three species of Acer

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and FunctionsF ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

The evaluation of Murray's law in Psilotum nudum (Psilotaceae), an analogue of ancestral vascular plants ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

The impact of rising CO2 and acclimation on the response of US forests to global warming

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

The roles of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off

scientific article

The standard centrifuge method accurately measures vulnerability curves of long-vesselled olive stems

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The stomatal response to rising CO2 concentration and drought is predicted by a hydraulic trait-based optimization model.

scientific article published on 4 April 2019

Torus-Margo Pits Help Conifers Compete with Angiosperms

scientific article

Tracheid diameter is the key trait determining the extent of freezing-induced embolism in conifers ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2003

Tree mortality predicted from drought-induced vascular damage

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Trends in wood density and structure are linked to prevention of xylem implosion by negative pressure.

scientific article published on February 2001

Vulnerability curves by centrifugation: is there an open vessel artefact, and are 'r' shaped curves necessarily invalid?

scientific article published on 14 November 2011

Water transport in plants obeys Murray's law.

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

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

What plant hydraulics can tell us about responses to climate-change droughts

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Wood anatomy constrains stomatal responses to atmospheric vapor pressure deficit in irrigated, urban trees

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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 in Ring-Porous, Diffuse-Porous, and Coniferous Trees of Northern Utah and Interior Alaska

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