Journal Title：Tree Physiology

Tree Physiology promotes research in a framework of hierarchically organized systems, measuring insight by the ability to link adjacent layers: thus, investigated tree physiology phenomenon should seek mechanistic explanation in finer-scale phenomena as well as seek significance in larger scale phenomena (Passioura 1979). A phenomenon not linked downscale is merely descriptive; an observation not linked upscale, might be trivial. Physiologists often refer qualitatively to processes at finer or coarser scale than the scale of their observation, and studies formally directed at three, or even two adjacent scales are rare. To emphasize the importance of relating mechanisms to coarser scale function, Tree Physiology will highlight papers doing so particularly well as feature papers.

树木生理学促进了分层组织系统框架中的研究，通过连接相邻层的能力来衡量洞察力：因此，研究的树木生理现象应该在更精细的现象中寻求机械解释，并在更大规模的现象中寻求意义（帕西乌拉 1979）。与降级无关的现象仅仅是描述性的；与高档无关的观察可能是微不足道的。生理学家经常定性地指代比他们观察的尺度更精细或更粗糙的过程，而正式针对三个甚至两个相邻尺度的研究很少见。为了强调将机制与更粗略的尺度函数相关联的重要性，Tree Physiology 将重点介绍在这方面做得特别好的论文。