mortality

Plant hydraulics at the heart of plant, crops and ecosystem functions in the face of climate change

Summary Plant hydraulics is crucial for assessing the plants' capacity to extract and transport water from the soil up to their aerial organs. Along with their capacity to exchange water between plant compartments and regulate evaporation, hydraulic …

Testing the limits of plant drought stress and subsequent recovery in four provenances of a widely distributed subtropical tree species

Abstract Drought-induced tree mortality may increase with ongoing climate change. Unraveling the links between stem hydraulics and mortality thresholds, and the effects of intraspecific variation, remain important unresolved issues. We conducted a …

Limits to post-fire vegetation recovery under climate change

Abstract Record-breaking fire seasons in many regions across the globe raise important questions about plant community responses to shifting fire regimes (i.e., changing fire frequency, severity and seasonality). Here, we examine the impacts of …