Is bigger better in plants? The hydraulic costs of increasing size in trees.

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Variation in above-ground forest biomass across broad climatic gradients (2011, background): “It has been hypothesized that maximum tree height is limited by stress on the water column (the hydraulic limitation hypothesis; Ryan and Yoder, 1997), and this hypothesis has received some empirical support (Midgley, 2003; Koch et al., 2004; Ryan et al., 2006).”
Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests (2005, background): “Trees of large diameter show negative residuals, suggesting there are mechanical and/or physiological limits to height increase in large diameter trees (Niklas 1995; Midgley 2003).”