Rooting for water: Bridging Plant Hydraulics and Ecohydrology to Predict Drought Stress
Arsène Druel, Julien Ruffault, Hervé Cochard, Miquel De Cáceres, Nicolas Delpierre, Jean‐Marc Limousin, Maurizio Mencuccini, Matthias Cuntz, Laurine Chir, Rémi Patin, Jérôme Ogée, Renaud Decarsin, Sylvain Delzon, Claude Doussan, Joannès Guillemot, , Nicolas K Martin-StPaul
This paper develops a process-based inversion framework to estimate root-accessible soil water storage and predict drought-induced hydraulic failure across forests.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2026 · PreprintEcology