Drought stress can cause canopy loss (Fig. 1) and hydraulic damage, affecting processes that are essential for tree survival. Subsequent recovery requires energy and time. Intensifying and more fre…

Substantial intraspecific variation, together with species turnover, drives coordinated shifts in drought resistance such as increased embolism resistance and wider stomatal safety margins in drier fo...

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Angiosperms rose to ecological dominance through innovations that enhanced photosynthetic capacity and water-use efficiency. We propose that a pivotal, yet underappreciated, contributor was the hydroactive stomatal mechanism, an abscisic acid-mediated, metabolically driven control of guard-cell turgor. Unlike passive hydraulic responses to changes in water status, hydroactive regulation enables rapid, multisignal integration and minute-scale adjustment of stomatal aperture, synchronising carbon gain with hydraulic safety under fluctuating light, CO2, and evaporative demand. We argue that this water-status control module complemented other stomatal signalling pathways responsive to light, CO2, and metabolism, improving physiological coordination in dynamic environments. This perspective reframes stomata as decision-making nodes linking leaf anatomical evolution, physiological plasticity, and angiosperm diversification and offers a foundation for engineering climate-resilient crops under climate change.

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The authors integrate dendrochronological records with range shifts to show that shifts in montane tree species are tightly linked to tree hydraulic properties. While climate-sensitive species track w...

Different tropical tree species can vary in their ability to withstand drought — and so too, it seems, can distinct populations of the same tree species.

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These maps show the current level of water-stress experienced by forests. The first indicator, called the Forest Stress Index (FSI),

Examples of cross-sectional images of branchlets at 4× and 40×.

Examining the potential thermal sensitivity of the model parameter g1 when accounting for the additive nature of underlying components including CO2 compensation point (Г*) and the marginal water cos...

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One of the most widespread types of forest in Australia’s high country is facing an existential threat. We need bold action before it is too late.

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