Trees suck. Notes on the physics of transpiration in trees
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Author(s)
Brown, Harvey R
Sutton, Adrian P
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The Cohesion Theory of the ascent of water in trees is a quiet triumph of modern science. Besides hydrodynamics, the physics of transpiration involves capillarity, evaporation and osmosis — phenomena which all have a history of considerable theoretical confusion. The aim of this paper is to supplement existing accounts of this physics in the plant science literature.
Date Issued
2025-03-01
Date Acceptance
2024-12-18
Citation
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2025, 195, pp.71-86
ISSN
0079-6107
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
71
End Page
86
Journal / Book Title
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Volume
195
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Identifier
10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2024.12.002
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2024-12-25