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OA_type: closed access
_id: '22439'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Vegetation and the water cycles are inherently coupled across a wide range
ofspatial and temporal scales. Water availability interacts with plant ecophysiologyand
controls vegetation functioning. Concurrently, vegetation has direct andindirect
effects on energy, water, carbon, and nutrient cycles. To better under-stand and
model plant–water interactions, highly interdisciplinary approachesare required.
We present an overview of the main processes and relevant inter-actions between
water and plants across a range of spatial scales, from the celllevel of leaves,
where stomatal controls occur, to drought stress at the level of asingle tree,
to the integrating scales of a watershed, region, and the globe.A review of process
representations in models at different scales is presented.More specifically, three
main model families are identified: (1) models of planthydraulics that mechanistically
simulate stomatal controls and/or water transportat the tree level; (2) ecohydrological
models that simulate plot- to catchment-scale water, energy, and carbon fluxes;
and (3) terrestrial biosphere models thatsimulate carbon, water, and nutrient
dynamics at the regional and global scalesand address feedback between Earth’s
vegetation and the climate system. Weidentify special features and similarities
across the model families. Examplesof where plant–water interactions are especially
important and have led to keyscientific findings are also highlighted. Finally,
we discuss the various datasources that are currently available to force and validate
existing models, and wepresent perspectives on the evolution of the field.'
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article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Simone
full_name: Fatichi, Simone
id: cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6
last_name: Fatichi
- first_name: Christoforos
full_name: Pappas, Christoforos
last_name: Pappas
- first_name: Valeriy Y.
full_name: Ivanov, Valeriy Y.
last_name: Ivanov
citation:
ama: 'Fatichi S, Pappas C, Ivanov VY. Modeling plant–water interactions: an ecohydrological
overview from the cell to the global scale. WIREs Water. 2016;3(3):327-368.
doi:10.1002/wat2.1125'
apa: 'Fatichi, S., Pappas, C., & Ivanov, V. Y. (2016). Modeling plant–water
interactions: an ecohydrological overview from the cell to the global scale. WIREs
Water. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1125'
chicago: 'Fatichi, Simone, Christoforos Pappas, and Valeriy Y. Ivanov. “Modeling
Plant–Water Interactions: An Ecohydrological Overview from the Cell to the Global
Scale.” WIREs Water. Wiley, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1125.'
ieee: 'S. Fatichi, C. Pappas, and V. Y. Ivanov, “Modeling plant–water interactions:
an ecohydrological overview from the cell to the global scale,” WIREs Water,
vol. 3, no. 3. Wiley, pp. 327–368, 2016.'
ista: 'Fatichi S, Pappas C, Ivanov VY. 2016. Modeling plant–water interactions:
an ecohydrological overview from the cell to the global scale. WIREs Water. 3(3),
327–368.'
mla: 'Fatichi, Simone, et al. “Modeling Plant–Water Interactions: An Ecohydrological
Overview from the Cell to the Global Scale.” WIREs Water, vol. 3, no. 3,
Wiley, 2016, pp. 327–68, doi:10.1002/wat2.1125.'
short: S. Fatichi, C. Pappas, V.Y. Ivanov, WIREs Water 3 (2016) 327–368.
das_tickbox: '1'
date_created: 2026-07-27T12:30:23Z
date_published: 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-08-12T13:32:20Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1002/wat2.1125
extern: '1'
intvolume: ' 3'
issue: '3'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '05'
oa_version: None
page: 327-368
publication: WIREs Water
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 2049-1948
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: 'Modeling plant–water interactions: an ecohydrological overview from the cell
to the global scale'
type: journal_article
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volume: 3
year: '2016'
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