Melvin Tyree
Former Employee
Research Plant Physiologist
Treesearch Publications
- Mingtao Wang, Melvin Tyree, Roderick E. Wasylishen. 2013. Magnetic resonance imaging of water ascent in embolized xylem vessels of grapevine stem segments
- Damian Cirelli, Victor J. Lieffers, Melvin Tyree. 2012. Measuring whole-plant transpiration gravimetrically: a scalable automated system built from components
- Yanxiang Zhang, Maria Alejandra Equiza, Quanshui Zheng, Melvin Tyree. 2011. Factors controlling plasticity of leaf morphology in Robinia pseudoacacia: III. biophysical constraints on leaf expansion under long-term water stress
- Jing Cai, Melvin Tyree. 2010. The impact of vessel size on vulnerability curves: data and models for within-species variability in saplings of aspen, Populus tremuloides Michx
- Jing Cai, Shuoxin Zhang, Melvin Tyree. 2010. A computational algorithm addressing how vessel length might depend on vessel diameter
- David A. Galvez, Melvin Tyree. 2009. Impact of simulated herbivory on water relations of aspen (Populus tremuloides) seedlings: the role of new tissue in the hydraulic conductivity recovery cycle
- Thomas A. Kursar, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, Melvin Tyree. 2005. A comparison of methods for determining soil water availability in two sites in Panama with similar rainfall but distinct tree communities
- Lawren Sack, Melvin Tyree, N. Michele Holbrook, N. Michele Holbrook. 2005. Leaf hydraulic architecture correlates with regeneration irradiance in tropical rainforest trees
- Melvin Tyree, Andrea Nardini, Sebastiano Salleo, Lawren Sack, Bouchra El 0mari. 2004. The dependence of leaf hydraulic conductance on irradiance during HPFM measurements: any role for stomatal response?
- Melvin Tyree. 2003. Matric potential
- Damond A. Kyllo, Virginia Velez, Melvin Tyree. 2003. Combined effects of arbuscular mycorrhizas and light on water uptake of the neotropical understory shrubs, Piper and Psychotria
- Melvin Tyree, Herve Cochard. 2003. Vessel contents of leaves after excision: a test of the Scholander assumption
- Melvin Tyree, Bettina M.J. Engelbrecht, Gustavo Vargas, Thomas A. Kursar. 2003. Desiccation tolerance of five tropical seedlings in Panama. Relationship to a field assessment of drought performance
- Melvin Tyree. 2003. Hydraulic limits on tree performance: transpiration, carbon gain and growth of trees
- Melvin Tyree, H. Cochard, P. Cruziat. 2003. The water-filled versus air-filled status of vessels cut open in air: the 'Scholander assumption' revisited
- Shabtal Cohen, John Bennink, Melvin Tyree. 2003. Air method measurements of apple vessel length distributions with improved apparatus and theory
- Melvin Tyree. 2003. Hydraulic properties of roots
- Melvin Tyree. 2003. The ascent of water
- Melvin Tyree, Gustavo Vargas, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, Thomas A. Kursar. 2002. Drought until death do us part: a case study of the desiccation-tolerance of a tropical moist forest seedling-tree, Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch
- Melvin Tyree, John D. Alexander. 1993. Plant water relations and the effects of elevated CO2: a review and suggestions for future research
Last updated March 10, 2026