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Climatic signals in wood property variables of Picea crassifolia

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posted on 2023-05-19, 06:47 authored by Lu, J, Xu, J, Wu, Y, Li, X, Evans, R, Downes, GM
Little attention has been given to climatic signals in wood properties. In this study, ring width (RW), annual average microfibril angle (MFA), annual average tracheid radial diameter (TRD), and annual average density (DEN), as the annual and intra-annual wood property variables, were measured at high resolution by SilviScan-3 on dated Picea crassifolia trees. Dendroclimatological methods were used to analyze climatic signals registered in wood property variables. RW, MFA, and TRD negatively correlated with temperature and positively correlated with precipitation in the growing season, whereas the reverse was true for DEN. Climatic signals recorded in the earlywood were similar to those measured for the full width of the annual rings. Climatic signals recorded in latewood were very weak except for latewood MFA. This study showed that wood property variables could be extensive resources for learning more about the influences of climate on tree growth and how trees adapt to ongoing climate change.

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Publication title

Wood and Fiber Science

Volume

47

Pagination

131-140

ISSN

0735-6161

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Soc Wood Sci Technol

Place of publication

One Gifford Pinchot Dr, Madison, USA, Wi, 53705

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Copyright 2015 Society of Wood Science and Technology

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Terrestrial biodiversity

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