Frontiers | Shallow rooted understory plants use hydraulically redistributed water by mature oak trees during drought Hydraulic redistribution (HR) by deep-rooting trees can provide water from deeper soil layers to shallow-rooted understory plants, yet species-specific and t...

Mature #oak acts as hidden irrigation system for the understory: #hydraulicredistribution of deep soil water can cover about one third of oak seedlings’ daily #transpiration. This benefit extends not only to oak regeneration but also to co-occurring shallow-rooted species. doi.org/10.3389/ffgc...

Redistribution of soil water by mature trees towards dry surface soils and uptake by seedlings in a temperate forest Mature beech trees redistributed soil water, equal to ca. 10% of stand transpiration, from deeper moist soils to dry surface soils, where it was taken up by seedlings of different tree species.

Mature beech trees redistribute soil water, equal to ca. 10% of stand #transpiration, from deeper moist #soils to dry surface soils, where seedlings of different #tree species take it up. New #hydraulicredistribution paper with TUM & BoKu Ecophys groups: doi.org/10.1111/plb....