Evidence of hydraulic lift in a young beech and oak mixed forest using 18O soil water labelling

By M. Zapater, C. Hossann, Nathalie Bréda, C. Bréchet, Damien Bonal, A. Granier. Trees, 2011

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Biological Flora of the British Isles: Fagus sylvatica (2012, background): “Due to shallow rooting, hydraulic lifting of water from deeper roots to shallow, found in over 50 species, appears rare in beech, but it may benefit from hydraulic lifting by nearby oak (Zapater et al. 2011).”
Species mixing reduces drought susceptibility of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and oak (Quercus robur L., Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) – Site water supply and fertility modify the mixing effect (2020, background): “…to exhibit hydraulic lift (i.e., upward hydraulic redistribution) under moderate and severe drought conditions (Caldwell et al., 1998; Jonard et al., 2011; Zapater et al., 2011; Hafner et al., 2017), thereby potentially increasing water availability in the upper soil layers for the admixed species.”
Species-specific water use by forest tree species: from the tree to the stand (2012, background): “Yet the process seems to be species-specific as recently reported in a mixed beech-oak stand (Zapater et al., 2011).”
Tamm Review: On the strength of evidence when comparing ecosystem functions of mixtures with monocultures (2015, background): “However, a study that has examined this process found that Q. petraea did indeed redistribute water from deeper soil layers to shallow layers but F. sylvatica did not actually use it (Zapater et al., 2011).”