Wood Structure in Plant Biology and Ecology 1st Edition by Pieter Baas ISBN 9004265600 9789004265608

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ISBN 10: 9004265600 

ISBN 13: 9789004265608

Author: Pieter Baas

At present the study of functional and ecological wood anatomy enjoys a vigorous renaissance and plays a pivotal role in plant and ecosystem biology, plant evolution, and global change research. This book contains a selection of papers presented at the successful meetings of the International Association of Wood Anatomists and the Cost-Action STReESS (Studying Tree Responses to extreme Events: a Synthesis) held in Naples in April 2013.
Four review papers address (1) the hydraulic architecture of the earliest land plants, (2) the general phenomenon of axial conduit tapering in trees, (3) the hydraulic and biomechanical optimization in one of the most important plantation grown tree species, Norway Spruce, and (4) cellular and subcellular changes in the cambium in response to environmental factors. Three papers review or introduce new tools to observe the 3-D structure and functioning of wood, and novel tools for quantitative image analysis in tree ring series. Finally, five papers report original research on environmental effects on wood structure, including studies on plastic responses in European beech, effects of fire or late summer rains on Mediterranean Aleppo Pine, and the potential for using arctic shrubs or tropical deciduous trees in dendrochronological and climatological studies.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Wood structure in Plant Biology and Ecology
Chapter 2: An overview of the hydraulic systems in early land plants
Chapter 3: Axial conduit widening in woody species: a still neglected anatomical pattern
Chapter 4: Hydraulic and biomechanical optimization in Norway spruce trunk wood – A review
Chapter 5: Review of cellular and subcellular changes in cambium
Chapter 6: Visualizing wood anatomy in three dimensions with high-resolution X-ray micro-tomography (μCT) – A review
Chapter 7: ROXAS – an efficient and accurate tool to detect vessels in diffuse-porous species
Chapter 8: Quantifying plasticity in vessel grouping – added value from the image analysis tool ROXAS
Chapter 9: Fire influence on Pinus halepensis: wood responses close and far from scar
Chapter 10: Age, climate and intra-annual density fluctuations in Pinus halepensis in Spain
Chapter 11: Plastic growth response of European beech provenances to dry site conditions
Chapter 12: Evaluating the wood anatomical and dendroecological potential of arctic dwarf shrub communities
Chapter 13: Does growth rhythm of a widespread species change in distinct growth sites?

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