A thin line between life and death: Radial sap flux failure signals trajectory to tree mortality
William M. Hammond, Daniel M. Johnson, Frederick C. Meinzer
Abstract
This article comments on: Seeking the "point of no return" in the sequence of events leading to mortality of mature trees.
Topics & Concepts
Flux (metallurgy)Tree (set theory)Line (geometry)TrajectoryPoint (geometry)Sequence (biology)MathematicsBiologyPhysicsMaterials scienceCombinatoricsGeometryAstronomyMetallurgyGeneticsPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsForest ecology and managementTree-ring climate responses