Severe droughts have been associated with regional‐scale forest mortality worldwide.
Climate change is expected to exacerbate regional mortality events; however, prediction …

As temperatures warm and precipitation patterns shift as a result of climate change, interest
in the identification of tree genotypes that will thrive under more arid conditions has grown …

Spatially-explicit information on forest composition provides valuable information to fulfil
scientific, ecological and management objectives and to monitor multiple changes in forest …

Plant hydraulic conductance, namely the rate of water flow inside plants per unit time and
unit pressure difference, varies largely from plant to plant and under different environmental …

We investigated the influence of climate on the ring width and xylem anatomy of two co-
occurring pines (Pinus nigra Arn. and P. sylvestris L.) in the mountains of east-central Spain …

The literature on whole-plant acclimation to drought is reviewed and it is proposed that leaf-
level homeostasis in water status is attained during ontogeny largely thanks to whole-plant …

Trees are exceptional organisms that have evolved over some 385 million years and have
overtaken other plants in order to harvest light first. However, this advantage comes with a …

Drought‐induced defoliation has recently been associated with the depletion of carbon
reserves and increased mortality risk in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). We hypothesize that …

Drought‐and insect‐associated tree mortality at low‐elevation ecotones is a widespread
phenomenon but the underlying mechanisms are uncertain. Enhanced growth sensitivity to …

We reviewed the literature to examine the vulnerability to water stress-induced embolism of
Pinaceae relative to other conifers and to study the inter-relationships among the main traits …