Materials

Papers

Jackson, G. E.  and Grace, J. 1996. Field measurements of xylem cavitation: are acoustic emissions useful? Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 47, No. 304: 1643-1650
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Laschimke, R., M. Burger and H. Vallen. 2006. Acoustic emission analysis and experiments with physical model systems reveal a peculiar nature of the xylem tension. J. Plant Physiol. 163:996–1007.
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Maeder, M. 2016. „trees: Pinus sylvestris“. Journal for Artistic Research JAR, edition 11
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Maeder, M. Zweifel, R. 2016. „trees: An artistic-scientific observation system“, proceedings SMC/SMAC Conference 2016, Hamburg, Germany

Maeder, M. 2014. „Ambient culture: Coping musically with the environment“, proceedings ICMC/SMC Conference, Athens, 2014

Maeder, M. and Zweifel, R. 2013. Downy Oak: Rendering Ecophysiological Processes In Plants Audible. Proceedings SMC/SMAC 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.

Milburn, J. A. and Ritman, K. T. 1990. Monitoring of ultrasonic and audible emissions from plants with or without vessels. Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 42, No. 234: 123-130
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Mayr S., Rosner S. 2011. Cavitation in dehydrating xylem of Picea abies: energy properties of ultrasonic emissions reflect tracheid dimensions. Tree Physiology 31, 59–67
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Milburn, J. A. and Ritman, K. T. 1988. Acoustic emissions from plants: Ultrasonic and audible compared. Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 39, No. 206: 1237-1248
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Milburn, J. A. and Johnson, R. P. C. 1966. The conduction of sap. II. Detection of vibrations produced by sap cavitation in Ricinus xylem. Planta (Berl.) 69: 43-52

Sandford, A. P. and Grace, J. 1984. The Measurement and Interpretation of Ultrasound from Woody Stems. Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume36, Issue2, Pp. 298-311.
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Steppe, K., Zeugin F., and Zweifel R. 2009. Low-dB ultrasonic acoustic emissions are temperature-induced and probably have no biotic origin. New Phytologist 183: 928-931.
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Zweifel R. and Zeugin F. 2008. Ultrasonic acoustic emissions in drought-stressed trees – more than signals from cavitation? New Phytologist, 179: 1070-1079
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Zweifel, R. 1999. The rhythm of trees – water storage dynamics in subalpine Norway spruce. Diss. ETH Zürich No. 13391, 112 p.
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Books

Larcher, W. 2003. Physiological Plant Ecology: Ecophysiology and Stress Physiology of Functional Groups. Springer, Berlin

Maeder, M. 2014: Der Klang der Bäume. Ökophysiologische Prozesse hörbar machen, in: Christoph Flamm (Ed.): Baum/Mensch/Klang/Kunst, Klagenfurt: Ritter, p. 152

Morton, Th. 2007. Ecology Without Nature: Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics. Harvard University Press, Cambridge

Werner, D. and Heldmaier G. 2002. Environmental Signal Processing and Adaptation. Springer, Berlin

Krohs, U. 2008. Eine Theorie biologischer Theorien: Status und Gehalt von Funktionsaussagen und informationstheoretischen Modellen. Springer, Berlin

Art projects

Forest Symphony by Ryuichi Sakamoto and YCAM Lab

Tree listening by Alex Metcalf

Plant orchestra by Luke Jerram

Hoor de bomen by Justin Bennett (with sound!)

Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau: Data Tree

Terrain instruments/Terrestrial selfbroadcasting sources on trees by Leif Brush

Sonification: Research and projects

Thomas Hermann’s research on Sonification, Data Mining and Ambient Intelligence

QCD-audio works on data of computer physics, stemming from the Institute for Physics at the Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz

SonEnvir is a research project that investigates applying sonification in a number of scientific disciplines. The project is a collaboration of the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics IEM at KUG Graz; the Theoretical Physics Group – Institute of Physics, at Uni Graz; the Institute for Sociology, at Uni Graz; the University Clinic for Neurology, at Med-Uni Graz; the Institute for Signal Processing and Speech Communication, at TU Graz.