Tree-stem diameter fluctuates with the lunar tides and perhaps with geomagnetic activity

• Published in: Protoplasma Vol. 247; no. 1-2; pp. 25 - 43
• Main Authors: Barlow, Peter W, Mikulecký, Miroslav Sr, Střeštík, Jaroslav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Vienna : Springer Vienna 01.11.2010; Springer Vienna
• Subjects: Abies alba; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cell Biology; data collection; geophysics; gravity; Juglans regia; Life Sciences; Lunisolar tidal acceleration; Magnetics; magnetism; Moon; Original Article; Picea; Picea abies; Plant Sciences; Plant Stems - anatomy & histology; Plant Stems - physiology; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Stem diameter variation; Thule index; Tidal Waves; tides; Tilia cordata; transpiration; trees; Trees - anatomy & histology; Trees - physiology; Zoology; Trees; Transpiration; Stem diameter variation; Lunisolar tidal acceleration; Thule index

Our initial objective has been to examine the suggestion of Zürcher et al. (Nature 392:665-666, 1998) that the naturally occurring variations in stem diameter of two experimental trees of Picea alba were related to near-simultaneous variations in the lunisolar tidal acceleration. The relationship wa...