Shifting precipitation patterns and rising temperatures are altering forest water dynamics across biomes. Forests are increasingly susceptible to the direct and indirect effects of water limitation such as physical impairment of hydraulic pathways or increased vulnerability to disturbance events. Different species employ unique hydraulic strategies to regulate water use while theoretically optimizing carbon uptake. How these mechanisms function at individual and system scales under water limitation and disturbance regimes has broad implications for carbon, nutrient, and energy cycling. This session will address the impacts of water limitation and disturbance on forest water cycling across spatiotemporal scales with an emphasis on the role of plant hydraulic strategies. We welcome submissions from empirical, experimental, theoretical, and modeling studies.