How do Trees Survive Winter?

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Published Sep 28, 2015

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Humans can go inside or put on clothes, but trees spend winter naked in the cold. Why don't they all die?
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Pittermann, J., & Sperry, J. S. (2006). Analysis of freeze-thaw embolism in conifers. The interaction between cavitation pressure and tracheid size. Plant Physiology, 140(1), 374-382.
Willson, C. J., & Jackson, R. B. (2006). Xylem cavitation caused by drought and freezing stress in four co‐occurring Juniperus species. Physiologia Plantarum, 127(3), 374-382.
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