How do stomata respond to water status?

TN Buckley - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Stomatal responses to humidity, soil moisture and other factors that influence plant water
status are critical drivers of photosynthesis, productivity, water yield, ecohydrology and …

The role of height‐driven constraints and compensations on tree vulnerability to drought

L Fernández‐de‐Uña, J Martínez‐Vilalta… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Frequent observations of higher mortality in larger trees than in smaller ones during
droughts have sparked an increasing interest in size‐dependent drought‐induced mortality …

Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: an unappreciated central player in photosynthesis

J Flexas, MM Barbour, O Brendel, HM Cabrera… - Plant Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2 is a key photosynthetic trait that has been studied
intensively in the past years. The intention of the present review is to update knowledge of …

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

N McDowell, WT Pockman, CD Allen… - New …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Severe droughts have been associated with regional‐scale forest mortality worldwide.
Climate change is expected to exacerbate regional mortality events; however, prediction …

The role of stomata in sensing and driving environmental change

AM Hetherington, FI Woodward - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Stomata, the small pores on the surfaces of leaves and stalks, regulate the flow of gases in
and out of leaves and thus plants as a whole. They adapt to local and global changes on all …

Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model

S Sitch, B Smith, IC Prentice, A Arneth… - Global change …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Lund–Potsdam–Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ) combines
process‐based, large‐scale representations of terrestrial vegetation dynamics and land …

Responses of forest trees to single and multiple environmental stresses from seedlings to mature plants: past stress history, stress interactions, tolerance and …

Ü Niinemets - Forest Ecology and management, 2010 - Elsevier
Forest trees are exposed to a myriad of single and combined stresses with varying strength
and duration throughout their lifetime, and many of the simultaneous and successive stress …

Stable isotopes in plant ecology

TE Dawson, S Mambelli, AH Plamboeck… - Annual review of …, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The use of stable isotope techniques in plant ecological research has grown
steadily during the past two decades. This trend will continue as investigators realize that …

A generalised model of forest productivity using simplified concepts of radiation-use efficiency, carbon balance and partitioning

JJ Landsberg, RH Waring - Forest ecology and management, 1997 - Elsevier
This paper describes a stand growth model, based on physiological processes, which
incorporates a number of steps and procedures that have allowed considerable …

The limits to tree height

GW Koch, SC Sillett, GM Jennings, SD Davis - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Trees grow tall where resources are abundant, stresses are minor, and competition for light
places a premium on height growth,. The height to which trees can grow and the biophysical …