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2006
Gruber, A., Schmid, P., Mayr, S., Schwienbacher, F., Hacke, U.
Drought stress can cause xylem embolism in trees when the water potential (Psi) in the xylem falls below specific vulnerability thresholds. At the alpine timberline, frost drought is known to cause excessive winter embolism unless xylem vulnerability or transpiration is sufficiently reduced to...
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