Melvin T. Tyree

The hydraulic architecture of trees and other woody plants

Melvin T. Tyree, Frank W. Ewers · New Phytologist · 1991 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Cavitation Events, Engineering, Forest Hydrology +9

Vulnerability of Xylem to Cavitation and Embolism

Melvin T. Tyree, John S. Sperry · Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology · 1989 · 1.6K citations

Engineering, Botany, Soil Salinity +18

The Measurement of the Turgor Pressure and the Water Relations of Plants by the Pressure-bomb Technique

Melvin T. Tyree, H. T. Hammel · Journal of Experimental Botany · 1972 · 1.1K citations

California 92037, Engineering, Plant-abiotic Interaction +13

A method for measuring hydraulic conductivity and embolism in xylem

John S. Sperry, J. R. Donnelly, Melvin T. Tyree · Plant Cell & Environment · 1988 · 1.1K citations

Hydraulic Conductivity, Microbial Growth, Engineering +13

Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests

Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, Liza S. Comita, Richard Condit et al. · Nature · 2007 · 1.1K citations

Engineering, Drought, Drought Analysis +6