Radially transmitted changes in hydraulic and osmotic pressures
help explain reversible and irreversible patterns of tree stem
expansion
Sebastian Pfautsch1,2, John E.
Drake2,3, Michael J. Aspinwall2,4,
Victor Resco de Dios5,6,7, Craig V.M.
Barton2, Patrick Meir8,9, Mark G.
Tjoelker2, David T. Tissue2, and
Maurizio Mencuccini10,11
1Urban Studies, School of Social Science, Western
Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
2Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western
Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
3Sustainable Resources Management, State University of
New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry
Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210, United States
4School of Forestry and Wildlife Services, Auburn
University, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn, AL 36849, United States
5School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest
University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan 621010, P.R.
China
6Departament of Crop and Forest Sciences, University
of Lleida, Lleida 25198, Spain
7Joint Research Unit CTFC-AGROTECNIO-CERCA Centre,
Lleida 25198, Spain
8School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
9Research School of Biology, Australian National
University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
10ICREA, Barcelona 08010, Spain
11CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona 08193, Spain
Corresponding Author Sebastian Pfautsch
Phone +61 2 9685 9081
Email
s.pfautsch@westernsydney.edu.au