Christoph Bachofen, Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila, D Scott Mackay, Nate G McDowell, Andrea Carminati, Tamir Klein, Benjamin D Stocker, Maurizio Mencuccini, Charlotte Grossiord
Plant water uptake from the soil is a crucial element of the global hydrological cycle and essential for vegetation drought resilience. Yet, knowledge of how the distribution of water uptake depth (WUD) varies across species, climates, and seasons is scarce relative to our knowledge of aboveground plant functions. With a global literature review, we found that average WUD varied more among biomes than plant functional types (i.e. deciduous/evergreen broadleaves and conifers), illustrating the importance of the hydroclimate, especially precipitation seasonality, on WUD...
April 22, 2024: New Phytologist