Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?
Severe droughts have been associated with regional‐scale forest mortality worldwide.
Climate change is expected to exacerbate regional mortality events; however, prediction …
Climate change is expected to exacerbate regional mortality events; however, prediction …
Why are non-photosynthetic tissues generally 13C enriched compared with leaves in C3 plants? Review and synthesis of current hypotheses
LA Cernusak, G Tcherkez, C Keitel… - Functional Plant …, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Non-photosynthetic, or heterotrophic, tissues in C3 plants tend to be enriched in 13C
compared with the leaves that supply them with photosynthate. This isotopic pattern has …
compared with the leaves that supply them with photosynthate. This isotopic pattern has …
Idiopathic mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis: Comparison of types I and II in children and adults and long-term prognosis
JS Cameron, DR Turner, J Heaton, DG Williams… - The American journal of …, 1983 - Elsevier
Of 104 patients with idiopathic mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis studied for at least two
years, 69 patients had type I disease and 35 had type II. Forty-five patients were children …
years, 69 patients had type I disease and 35 had type II. Forty-five patients were children …
Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency
Water availability limits plant growth and production in almost all terrestrial ecosystems,,,,.
However, biomes differ substantially in sensitivity of aboveground net primary production …
However, biomes differ substantially in sensitivity of aboveground net primary production …
Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation
Abstract Abstract Changes in Earth's surface temperatures caused by anthropogenic
emissions of greenhouse gases are expected to affect global and regional precipitation …
emissions of greenhouse gases are expected to affect global and regional precipitation …
Evapotranspiration components determined by stable isotope, sap flow and eddy covariance techniques
Understanding and modeling water exchange in arid and semiarid ecosystems is
complicated by the very heterogeneous distribution of vegetation and moisture inputs, and …
complicated by the very heterogeneous distribution of vegetation and moisture inputs, and …
C4 grasses prosper as carbon dioxide eliminates desiccation in warmed semi-arid grassland
JA Morgan, DR LeCain, E Pendall, DM Blumenthal… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Global warming is predicted to induce desiccation in many world regions through increases
in evaporative demand,,. Rising CO2 may counter that trend by improving plant water-use …
in evaporative demand,,. Rising CO2 may counter that trend by improving plant water-use …
Hydrogen isotope fractionation during water uptake by woody xerophytes
PZ Ellsworth, DG Williams - Plant and Soil, 2007 - Springer
Stable isotope measurements are employed extensively in plant–water relations research to
investigate physiological and hydrological processes from whole plant to ecosystem scales …
investigate physiological and hydrological processes from whole plant to ecosystem scales …
African grass invasion in the Americas: ecosystem consequences and the role of ecophysiology
DG Williams, Z Baruch - Biological invasions, 2000 - Springer
Clearing of natural vegetation for pastures and the deliberate introduction of African grasses
constitute significant threats to the biological diversity of the tropics, subtropics, and warm …
constitute significant threats to the biological diversity of the tropics, subtropics, and warm …
Intra‐and interspecific variation for summer precipitation use in pinyon–juniper woodlands
DG Williams, JR Ehleringer - Ecological Monographs, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
In the arid southwest of North America, winter precipitation penetrates to deep soil layers,
whereas summer “monsoon” precipitation generally wets only surface layers. Use of these …
whereas summer “monsoon” precipitation generally wets only surface layers. Use of these …