Freeze-thaw-induced embolism in Pinus contorta: Centrifuge experiments validate the 'thaw-expansion hypothesis' but conflict with ultrasonic emission data

New Phytologist

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1016-1024

  Mayr, Stefan ^a   Sperry, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble expansion; Centrifuge; Freeze thaw; Ice; Pinus; Ultrasonic acoustic emission; Vulnerability to embolism; Xylem temperature

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BUBBLE; CENTRIFUGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXPANSION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ULTRASONICS; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRIFUGATION; DROUGHT; FREEZING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND; XYLEM;

CENTRIFUGATION; DROUGHTS; FREEZING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS; WATER; XYLEM;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 77949336578     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03133.x     Document Type: Article

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