The hydraulic limitation hypothesis revisited.

By Michael G. Ryan, Nathan Phillips, B. Bond. Plant, Cell and Environment, 2006

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Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant-water relations research: a review (2011, background): “…accounting for spatial variability in plant water use due to factors such as age-related decline in leaf-specific conductance (Irvine et al. 2004; Ryan et al. 2000, 2006), structural characteristics associated with edges (Detto et al. 2008; Taylor et al. 2001), forest fragmentation (Giambelluca…”
Growth, carbon‐isotope discrimination, and drought‐associated mortality across a Pinus ponderosa elevational transect (2010, background): “(2) Water stress constraints on symplastic carbon metabolism could occur if cell expansion, division, and carbohydrate use are limited by water potential (Körner, 2003; Alves & Setter, 2004; Woodruff et al., 2004; Ryan et al., 2006).”
Species-specific water use by forest tree species: from the tree to the stand (2012, background): “As trees age, there is a progressive decrease in the movement of water per sapwood unit, explained by what has been termed “the hydraulic limitation hypothesis” (Ryan and Yoder, 1997; Ryan et al., 2006).”
Growing Plantation Forests (2010, background): “Ryan et al. (2006) have reviewed the research that has been done to test this theory.”
Variation in above-ground forest biomass across broad climatic gradients (2011, background): “The basic tenet of the hydraulic limitation hypothesis is that taller trees exhibit increased stomatal closure due to an increase in hydraulic resistance with tree height combined with the need to maintain a minimum leaf water potential to avoid catastrophic embolism (Ryan et al., 2006).”
Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine? (2012, background): “For instance, it is well known that size of trees imposes significant constraints on water transport that exacerbate the effects of drought (Ryan and Yoder 1997, Ryan et al. 2006).”
Age-dependent responses of tree-ring growth and intra-annual density fluctuations of Pinus pinaster to Mediterranean climate (2009, background): “The efficiency of water translocation through a tree declines with increasing age and/or height, due to a nonoptimal network of xylem conduits with a tapered structure (Anfodillo et al. 2006; Ryan et al. 2006; West et al. 1999).”
Forest Growth and Yield Modeling (2011, background): “Finally, several physiological studies suggest that tree growth is limited by size rather than age (Ryan et al., 2006; Bond et al., 2007).”
Aging in Perennials (2007, background): “A more recent version of all these ideas has been postulated as the “hydraulic limitation hypothesis” to explain decreased productivity in aging trees (Ryan and Yoder, 1997; Ryan et al., 2006).”
Transpiration and canopy conductance at two slope positions in a Japanese cedar forest watershed (2008, background): “In general, an associated decline in stomatal conductance (gs) with tree height can be expected to maintain a balance between water supply and demand (Oren et al., 1999b; Schäfer et al., 2000; Delzon et al., 2004a; Ryan et al., 2006).”
Perpetuating old ponderosa pine (2007, background): “There are a number of changes in tree morphology and physiology that may compensate for the hydraulic constraints that occur in large, old trees (Mencuccini and Magnani, 2000; McDowell et al., 2002a; Mencuccini, 2003; Ryan et al., 2006).”