Traits of trees for cooling urban heat islands: A meta-analysis

MA Rahman, LMF Stratopoulos, A Moser-Reischl… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A more detailed understanding of the micro-climatic thermal benefits of different urban tree
species and the retrospective species characteristics is necessary to guide management …

What plant hydraulics can tell us about responses to climate‐change droughts

JS Sperry, DM Love - New Phytologist, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change exposes vegetation to unusual drought, causing declines in productivity and
increased mortality. Drought responses are hard to anticipate because canopy transpiration …

Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: ecosystem services, green solutions, and misconceptions

DE Pataki, MM Carreiro, J Cherrier… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Urban green space is purported to offset greenhouse‐gas (GHG) emissions, remove air and
water pollutants, cool local climate, and improve public health. To use these services …

Tree cooling effects and human thermal comfort under contrasting species and sites

MA Rahman, C Hartmann, A Moser-Reischl… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
The potential of urban greenspaces in regulating temperature is widely known; however, in
the heterogeneous urban landscape the process and the magnitude of human thermal …

Tree transpiration and urban temperatures: current understanding, implications, and future research directions

JB Winbourne, TS Jones, SM Garvey, JL Harrison… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The expansion of an urban tree canopy is a commonly proposed nature-based solution to
combat excess urban heat. The influence trees have on urban climates via shading is driven …

Transpiration of urban forests in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

DE Pataki, HR McCarthy, E Litvak… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its importance for urban planning, landscape management, and water management,
there are very few in situ estimates of urban‐forest transpiration. Because urban forests …

Hydraulic safety margins and embolism reversal in stems and leaves: why are conifers and angiosperms so different?

DM Johnson, KA McCulloh, DR Woodruff, FC Meinzer - Plant Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Angiosperm and coniferous tree species utilize a continuum of hydraulic strategies.
Hydraulic safety margins (defined as differences between naturally occurring xylem …

Vertical air temperature gradients under the shade of two contrasting urban tree species during different types of summer days

MA Rahman, A Moser, A Gold, T Rötzer… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Moderation of thermal energy balance through the canopies of urban trees is well known.
However, a more functional and quantitative view of the heterogeneous urban environment …

Rare pits, large vessels and extreme vulnerability to cavitation in a ring‐porous tree species

MA Christman, JS Sperry, DD Smith - New Phytologist, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The rare pit hypothesis predicts that the extensive inter‐vessel pitting in large early‐wood
vessels of ring‐porous trees should render many of these vessels extremely vulnerable to …

Comparing the transpirational and shading effects of two contrasting urban tree species

MA Rahman, A Moser, T Rötzer, S Pauleit - Urban Ecosystems, 2019 - Springer
Urban trees are getting increasing attention as a tool to mitigate urban heat island effects. A
more functional and quantitative view of transpirational and shading effect, particularly the …