Primary Convener:
Kimberly Novick, Indiana University Bloomington

Convener:
Ana Maria Restrepo Acevedo, Indiana University Bloomington
Steve Kannenberg, West Virginia University

Early Career Convener:
Michael Benson, Indiana University Bloomington

Chair:
Kimberly Novick, Indiana University Bloomington
Steve Kannenberg, West Virginia University
Ana Maria Restrepo Acevedo, Indiana University Bloomington
Michael Benson, Indiana University Bloomington

Of all the ways that climate change affects plants, feedbacks linked to increasing drought and heat stress have proven to be among the most harmful and the most difficult to predict. Historically, a holistic understanding of these responses has been hindered by an incomplete understanding of how hydraulic processes, in soils and plants, influence and interact with plant gas exchange, growth, and mortality risk. This session will present cutting-edge research describing how plant and soil hydraulic processes influence ecosystem function, productivity, and survival. We welcome submissions that leverage data from diverse sources - including field studies, environmental networks, and remote sensing - in creative ways that push the frontiers of our understanding of ecosystem hydraulics.

Index Terms
0426 Biosphere|atmosphere interactions
0476 Plant ecology
1812 Drought
1813 Eco-hydrology

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering

Cross-Listed:
H - Hydrology