Plant hydraulic modelling of leaf and canopy fuel moisture content reveals increasing vulnerability of a Mediterranean forest to wildfires under extreme drought

Authors: Ruffault, Julien, Limousin, Jean‐Marc, Pimont, François, Dupuy, Jean‐Luc, De Càceres, Miquel, Cochard, Hervé, Mouillot, Florent, Blackman, Chris J., Torres‐Ruiz, José M., Parsons, Russell A., Moreno, Myriam, Delzon, Sylvain, Jansen, Steven, Olioso, Albert, Choat, Brendan, Martin‐StPaul, Nicolas

Source: New phytologist. 237(4):1256-1269

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Aridity drives clinal patterns in leaf traits and responsiveness to precipitation in a broadly distributed Australian tree species

Authors: Aspinwall, Michael J., Blackman, Chris J., Maier, Chelsea, Tjoelker, Mark G., Rymer, Paul D., Creek, Danielle, Chieppa, Jeff, Griffin‐Nolan, Robert J., Tissue, David T.

Source: Plant-environment interactions. 4(2):70-85

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All together now: A mixed-planting experiment reveals adaptive drought tolerance in seedlings of 10 Eucalyptus species.

Authors: Blackman, Chris J¹ (AUTHOR) christopher.blackman@utas.edu.au, Halliwell, Ben¹ (AUTHOR), Brodribb, Tim J¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Plant Physiology. Jan2025, Vol. 197 Issue 1, p1-10. 10p.

Key hydraulic traits control the dynamics of plant dehydration in four contrasting tree species during drought.

Authors: Blackman, Chris J^1,2 (AUTHOR) herve.cochard@inrae.fr, Billon, Lise-Marie² (AUTHOR), Cartailler, Julien² (AUTHOR), Torres-Ruiz, José M² (AUTHOR), Cochard, Hervé² (AUTHOR) herve.cochard@inrae.fr

Source: Tree Physiology. Oct2023, Vol. 43 Issue 10, p1772-1783. 12p.

Subject Terms: *DEHYDRATION in plants, *DROUGHTS, *HYDRAULIC control systems, *DROUGHT management, *PLANT size, *LEAF area, *ALEPPO pine

Cold temperature and aridity shape the evolution of drought tolerance traits in Tasmanian species of Eucalyptus.

Authors: Hartill, Gabrielle E¹ (AUTHOR) gabrielle.hartill@utas.edu.au, Blackman, Chris J¹ (AUTHOR), Halliwell, Benjamin¹ (AUTHOR), Jones, Rebecca C¹ (AUTHOR), Holland, Barbara R¹ (AUTHOR), Brodribb, Timothy J¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Tree Physiology. Sep2023, Vol. 43 Issue 9, p1493-1500. 8p.

Subject Terms: *COLD (Temperature), *DROUGHT tolerance, *CLIMATE extremes, *PLANT species, *SPECIES, *EUCALYPTUS

A one-way ticket: Wheat roots do not functionally refill xylem emboli following rehydration.

Authors: Harrison Day, Beatrice L, Johnson, Kate M, Tonet, Vanessa, Bourbia, Ibrahim, Blackman, Chris J, Brodribb, Timothy J

Source: Plant Physiology; Dec2024, Vol. 196 Issue 4, p2362-2373, 12p

Evidence for within‐species transition between drought response strategies in Nicotiana benthamiana.

Authors: Asadyar, Leila, de Felippes, Felipe Fenselau, Bally, Julia, Blackman, Chris J., An, Jiyuan, Sussmilch, Frances C., Moghaddam, Lalehvash, Williams, Brett, Blanksby, Stephen J., Brodribb, Timothy J., Waterhouse, Peter M.

Source: New Phytologist; Oct2024, Vol. 244 Issue 2, p464-476, 13p

Subject Terms: PLANT life cycles, LIFE cycles (Biology), GENE expression profiling, GENE expression, CUTICLE, DROUGHT management

Desiccation time during drought is highly predictable across species of Eucalyptus from contrasting climates

Authors: Blackman, Chris J., Li, Ximeng, Choat, Brendan, Rymer, Paul D., De Kauwe, Martin G., Duursma, Remko A., Tissue, David T., Medlyn, Belinda E.

Source: The New Phytologist, 2019 Oct 01. 224(2), 632-643.

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More than iso/anisohydry : Hydroscapes integrate plant water use and drought tolerance traits in 10 eucalypt species from contrasting climates

Authors: Li, Ximeng, Blackman, Chris J., Peters, Jennifer M. R., Choat, Brendan, Rymer, Paul D., Medlyn, Belinda E., Tissue, David T.

Source: Functional Ecology, 2019 Jun 01. 33(6), 1035-1049.

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Identifying areas at risk of drought‐induced tree mortality across South‐Eastern Australia

Authors: De Kauwe, Martin G., Medlyn, Belinda E., Ukkola, Anna M., Mu, Mengyuan, Sabot, Manon E. B., Pitman, Andrew J., Meir, Patrick, Cernusak, Lucas A., Rifai, Sami W., Choat, Brendan, Tissue, David T., Blackman, Chris J., Li, Ximeng, Roderick, Michael, Briggs, Peter R.

Source: Global change biology. 26(10):5716-5733

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The DroughtBox: A new tool for phenotyping residual branch conductance and its temperature dependence during drought

Authors: Billon, Lise M., Blackman, Chris J., Cochard, Hervé, Badel, Eric, Hitmi, Adnane, Cartailler, Julien, Souchal, Romain, Torres‐Ruiz, José M.

Source: Plant, cell and environment. 43(6):1584-1594

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The links between leaf hydraulic vulnerability to drought and key aspects of leaf venation and xylem anatomy among 26 Australian woody angiosperms from contrasting climates

Authors: Blackman, Chris J., Gleason, Sean M., Cook, Alicia M., Chang, Yvonne, Laws, Claire A., Westoby, Mark

Source: Annals of Botany, 2018 Jul 01. 122(1), 59-67.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26527292

CO₂ availability influences hydraulic function of C₃ and C₄ grass leaves

Authors: Taylor, Samuel H., Aspinwall, Michael J., Blackman, Chris J., Choat, Brendan, Tissue, David T., Ghannoum, Oula

Source: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018 Apr 01. 69(10), 2731-2741.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26932704

Drought response strategies and hydraulic traits contribute to mechanistic understanding of plant dry-down to hydraulic failure

Authors: Blackman, Chris J, Creek, Danielle, Maier, Chelsea, Aspinwall, Michael J, Drake, John E, Pfautsch, Sebastian, O'Grady, Anthony, Delzon, Sylvain, Medlyn, Belinda E, Tissue, David T, Choat, Brendan

Source: Tree physiology. 39(6):910-924

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Drought tolerance traits do not vary across sites differing in water availability in Banksia serrata (Proteaceae)

Authors: Li, Ximeng, Blackman, Chris J., Choat, Brendan, Rymer, Paul D., Medlyn, Belinda E., Tissue, David T.

Source: Functional plant biology. 46(7):624-633

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Shoot growth of woody trees and shrubs is predicted by maximum plant height and associated traits

Authors: Gleason, Sean M., Stephens, Andrea E. A., Tozer, Wade C., Blackman, Chris J., Butler, Don W., Chang, Yvonne, Cook, Alicia M., Cooke, Julia, Laws, Claire A., Rosell, Julieta A., Stuart, Stephanie A., Westoby, Mark

Source: Functional Ecology, 2018 Feb 01. 32(2), 247-259.

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Leaf photosynthetic, economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled among genotypes of a widespread species of eucalypt grown under ambient and elevated CO₂

Authors: Blackman, Chris J., Aspinwall, Michael J., de Dios, Víctor Resco, Smith, Renee A., Tissue, David T.

Source: Functional Ecology, 2016 Sep 01. 30(9), 1491-1500.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48582246

Acclimation of hydraulic and morphological traits to water deficit delays hydraulic failure during simulated drought in poplar.

Authors: Lemaire, Cédric¹ (AUTHOR) ced.lemaire@hotmail.fr, Blackman, Chris J¹ (AUTHOR), Cochard, Hervé¹ (AUTHOR), Menezes-Silva, Paulo Eduardo^1,2 (AUTHOR), Torres-Ruiz, José M¹ (AUTHOR), Herbette, Stéphane¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Tree Physiology. Nov2021, Vol. 41 Issue 11, p2008-2021. 14p.

Subject Terms: *DROUGHTS, *DROUGHT management, *ACCLIMATIZATION, *POPLARS, *WATER levels, *LEAF area, *PHENOTYPIC plasticity

Petiole XLA (xylem to leaf area ratio) integrates hydraulic safety and efficiency across a diverse group of eucalypt leaves.

Authors: Blackman, Chris J.¹ (AUTHOR) christopher.blackman@utas.edu.au, Halliwell, Ben¹ (AUTHOR), Hartill, Gabrielle E.¹ (AUTHOR), Brodribb, Timothy J.¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Plant, Cell & Environment. Jan2024, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p49-58. 10p.

Subject Terms: *LEAF area, *PETIOLES, *XYLEM, *TREE size, *EUCALYPTUS, *AQUATIC sports safety measures, *LEAVES

The temperature response of leaf dark respiration in 15 provenances of Eucalyptus grandis grown in ambient and elevated CO~2

Authors: Aspinwall, Michael J., Jacob, Vinod K., Blackman, Chris J., Smith, Renee A., Tjoelker, Mark G., Tissue, David T.

Source: Functional plant biology. 44(11):1075-1086

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