Plant hydraulics, which studies the capacity of plants to extract water from the soil and transport it up to the aerial organs, and ecohydrology, which studies the bidirectional interaction between the water cycle and ecosystems, share substantial conceptual overlap. Yet, communication between the two research communities remains limited.
This session aims to bridge this gap by soliciting contributions that present case studies that have benefited, or could benefit, from an interdisciplinary approach. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
• Ecohydrological processes in complex landscapes, including ecological studies at sites with significant lateral water fluxes, groundwater-dependent ecosystems, and landscape evolution contexts
• Vegetation-water interactions under environmental change, encompassing drought studies and forest hydrological research in both urban and natural catchments
• Plant hydraulic traits and ecosystem functioning, focusing on the ecohydrological implications of plant hydraulic strategies across scales
• Linking plant and catchment water dynamics through observations and modelling, including the use of isotopes and other novel measurement techniques, scaling approaches and integration of plant hydraulics into ecohydrological models
To facilitate meaningful exchange between the communities, contributors are encouraged to explicitly highlight the realised or anticipated benefits of integrating concepts, methods, or perspectives from the complementary discipline, for example through advances in theory, improved interpretation of observations, or the development of modelling approaches.