ArticlePlant, cell & environment2015
Balancing the risks of hydraulic failure and carbon starvation: a twig scale analysis in declining Scots pine.
Article in Plant, cell & environment, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of fertilization on drought responses in saplings of three European trees species.Tree physiology · 2026Article
- Legacies from early-season hot drought: how growth cessation alters tree water dynamics and modifies stress responses in Scots pine.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- Measurement of Inner Bark and Leaf Osmolality.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Hyperspectral Imaging Reveals Differential Carotenoid and Chlorophyll Temporal Dynamics and Spatial Patterns in Scots Pine Under Water Stress.Plant, cell & environment · 2025Article
- Dynamically optimizing stomatal conductance for maximum turgor-driven growth over diel and seasonal cycles.AoB PLANTS · 2023Review
- Xylem structure and hydraulic characteristics of deep roots, shallow roots and branches of walnut under seasonal drought.BMC plant biology · 2022Article
- Interaction of drought- and pathogen-induced mortality in Norway spruce and Scots pine.Plant, cell & environment · 2022Article
- The role of nutritional impairment in carbon-water balance of silver fir drought-induced dieback.Global change biology · 2022Article
- Root carbon and nutrient homeostasis determines downy oak sapling survival and recovery from drought.Tree physiology · 2021Article
- Bark Transpiration Rates Can Reach Needle Transpiration Rates Under Dry Conditions in a Semi-arid Forest.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Drought-Induced Xylem Embolism Limits the Recovery of Leaf Gas Exchange in Scots Pine.Plant physiology · 2020Article
- The Response of Water Dynamics to Long-Term High Vapor Pressure Deficit Is Mediated by Anatomical Adaptations in Plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Genetic differentiation in functional traits among European sessile oak populations.Tree physiology · 2019Article
- Beyond the extreme: recovery of carbon and water relations in woody plants following heat and drought stress.Tree physiology · 2019Article
- Drought-induced dieback ofConservation physiology · 2019Article
- Relative contributions of hydraulic dysfunction and carbohydrate depletion during tree mortality caused by drought.AoB PLANTS · 2018Article
- Quantifying in situ phenotypic variability in the hydraulic properties of four tree species across their distribution range in Europe.PloS one · 2018Article
- Physiological mechanisms of drought-induced tree die-off in relation to carbon, hydraulic and respiratory stress in a drought-tolerant woody plant.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Contrasting Hydraulic Architectures of Scots Pine and Sessile Oak at Their Southernmost Distribution Limits.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- Roles of Plasmalemma Aquaporin GeneFrontiers in plant science · 2017Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Understanding physiological processes involved in drought-induced mortality is important for predicting the future of forests and for modelling the carbon and water cycles. Recent research has highlighted the variable risks of carbon starvation and hydraulic failure in drought-exposed trees. However, little is known about the specific responses of leaves and supporting twigs, despite their critical role in balancing carbon acquisition and water loss. Comparing healthy (non-defoliated) and unhealthy (defoliated) Scots pine at the same site, we measured the physiological variables involved in regulating carbon and water resources. Defoliated trees showed different responses to summer drought compared with non-defoliated trees. Defoliated trees maintained gas exchange while non-defoliated trees reduced photosynthesis and transpiration during the drought period. At the branch scale, very few differences were observed in non-structural carbohydrate concentrations between health classes. However, defoliated trees tended to have lower water potentials and smaller hydraulic safety margins. While non-defoliated trees showed a typical response to drought for an isohydric species, the physiology appears to be driven in defoliated trees by the need to maintain carbon resources in twigs. These responses put defoliated trees at higher risk of branch hydraulic failure and help explain the interaction between carbon starvation and hydraulic failure in dying trees.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.