Ghosts of the past: how drought legacy effects shape forest functioning and carbon cycling

SA Kannenberg, CR Schwalm… - Ecology letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐year lags in tree drought recovery, termed 'drought legacy effects', are important for
understanding the impacts of drought on forest ecosystems, including carbon (C) cycle …

Diel growth dynamics in tree stems: linking anatomy and ecophysiology

K Steppe, F Sterck, A Deslauriers - Trends in plant science, 2015 - cell.com
Impacts of climate on stem growth in trees are studied in anatomical, ecophysiological, and
ecological disciplines, but an integrative framework to assess those impacts remains …

Woody biomass production lags stem-girth increase by over one month in coniferous forests

HE Cuny, CBK Rathgeber, D Frank, P Fonti, H Mäkinen… - Nature plants, 2015 - nature.com
Wood is the main terrestrial biotic reservoir for long-term carbon sequestration 1, and its
formation in trees consumes around 15% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions each …

Turgor–a limiting factor for radial growth in mature conifers along an elevational gradient

RL Peters, K Steppe, HE Cuny, DJW De Pauw… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A valid representation of intra‐annual wood formation processes in global vegetation
models is vital for assessing climate change impacts on the forest carbon stock. Yet, wood …

Biological basis of tree-ring formation: a crash course

CBK Rathgeber, HE Cuny, P Fonti - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Wood is of crucial importance for man and biosphere. In this mini review, we present the
fundamental processes involved in tree-ring formation and intra-annual dynamics of cambial …

Quantitative wood anatomy—practical guidelines

G Von Arx, A Crivellaro, AL Prendin, K Čufar… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Quantitative wood anatomy analyzes the variability of xylem anatomical features in trees,
shrubs, and herbaceous species to address research questions related to plant functioning …

Cell size and wall dimensions drive distinct variability of earlywood and latewood density in Northern Hemisphere conifers

J Björklund, K Seftigen, F Schweingruber… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Interannual variability of wood density–an important plant functional trait and environmental
proxy–in conifers is poorly understood. We therefore explored the anatomical basis of …

When tree rings go global: Challenges and opportunities for retro-and prospective insight

F Babst, P Bodesheim, N Charney, AD Friend… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The demand for large-scale and long-term information on tree growth is increasing rapidly
as environmental change research strives to quantify and forecast the impacts of continued …

Unenriched xylem water contribution during cellulose synthesis influenced by atmospheric demand governs the intra‐annual tree‐ring δ18O signature

E Martínez‐Sancho, LA Cernusak, P Fonti… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The oxygen isotope composition (δ18O) of tree‐ring cellulose is used to evaluate tree
physiological responses to climate, but their interpretation is still limited due to the …

From xylogenesis to tree rings: wood traits to investigate tree response to environmental changes

V De Micco, M Carrer, CBK Rathgeber, JJ Camarero… - IAWA journal, 2019 - brill.com
It is noteworthy that the largest part of global vegetation biomass depends on a thin layer of
cells: the vascular cambium. Understanding the wood formation processes and relationships …