Water potential directly controls the function of leaves, roots and microbes, and gradients in
water potential drive water flows throughout the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum …

Nighttime warming poses a threat to global food security as it is driving yield declines
worldwide, but our understanding of the physiological basis of this phenomenon remains …

The existence of a synthetic program of research on what was then termed the “nocturnal
problem” and that we might now call “nighttime ecology” was declared more than 70 years …

In savannas, partitioning of below‐ground resources by depth could facilitate tree–grass
coexistence and shape vegetation responses to changing rainfall patterns. However, most …

Hysteresis is a fundamental characteristic of alternative stable state theory, yet evidence of
hysteresis is rare. In mesic grasslands, fire frequency regulates transition from grass‐to …

Nocturnal stomatal conductance contributes to water loss at night without carbon gain in C3
or C4 plants because photosynthesis does not occur in the dark. The functional relevance of …

Models of tree–grass coexistence in savannas make different assumptions about the relative
performance of trees and grasses under wet vs dry conditions. We quantified transpiration …

Evapotranspiration (ET) is, after precipitation, the second largest flux at the land surface in
the water cycle and occurs mainly during daytime. Less attention has been given to water …

Leaf hydraulic traits characterize plant drought tolerance and responses to climate change.
Yet, plant hydraulics are biased towards northern hemisphere woody species. We collected …

Understanding daytime (ETD) and nighttime (ETN) evapotranspiration is critical for
accurately evaluating terrestrial water and carbon cycles. However, unlike ETD, the factors …