Alaska Public Media

Inside Alaska's deciduous trees' decision to drop leaves

Well into their senescence period, birch trees' leaves have turned yellow near the Alaska Public Media studios in Anchorage as of Oct. 1, 2021. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) It's green-and-gold ...
Weather Underground

Marcescence: Why Some Trees Keep Their Leaves in Winter

Above: This photo tells an entire story. Taken at Roan Mountain State Park in Tennessee in January, it shows most of the deciduous trees are bare. However, you can easily see the light tan colors of ...
JSTOR Daily

Dark Leaf Respiration in Light and Darkness of an Evergreen and a Deciduous Plant Species

Plant Physiology, Vol. 107, No. 2 (Feb., 1995), pp. 421-427 (7 pages) Dark respiration in light as well as in dark was estimated for attached leaves of an evergreen (Heteromeles arbutifolia Ait.) and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Watch Leaves Change Color in a Matter of Seconds

Deciduous leaves change color as pigments degrade and synthesize before falling off their trees. Owen Reiser Every fall, the leaves of deciduous trees undergo a dramatic color change before forfeiting ...
Indiatimes

Only 3 types of trees exist everywhere on Earth and here is what makes them unbelievable

Nature classifies all trees into three main groups. Deciduous trees shed leaves seasonally. Evergreen trees remain green year-round. Coniferous trees reproduce using cones. These categories explain ...
JSTOR Daily

Developmental changes in the reflectance spectra of temperate deciduous tree leaves and implications for thermal emissivity and leaf temperature

• Leaf optical properties impact leaf energy balance and thus leaf temperature. The effect of leaf development on mid-infrared (MIR) reflectance, and hence thermal emissivity, has not been ...