The Effects of Drought on Wood Formation In Fagus Sylvatica During Two Contrasting Years

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43410/16:43909217

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22941932-20160137" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22941932-20160137</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22941932-20160137" target="_blank" >10.1163/22941932-20160137</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Effects of Drought on Wood Formation In Fagus Sylvatica During Two Contrasting Years

Original language description

We studied the effect of local weather conditions on intra-annual wood formation dynamics and wood structure of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) from a temperate location in the Czech Republic in two consecutive years, 2010 and 2011, characterized by different amounts of precipitation. Microcores were taken at weekly intervals and transverse sections of cambial and xylem tissue were prepared for light microscopic observation. Air temperature and soil moisture content were measured daily at the research plot. Tree-ring formation patterns and vessel features showed different responses to climatic factors in the two years. In 2010, the onset of cambial cell production occurred almost 10 days later than in 2011, when a considerably reduced amount of rainfall was already observed in the winter and spring months, as shown in Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) values. Lack of precipitation in 2011 caused premature cessation of cambial cell division and markedly narrower annual xylem increments. Vessel density and water conductive area were higher in 2011 than in 2010. Average vessel size in general did not change. In response to local weather conditions, beech controls its hydraulic conductivity mainly by changing the number of vessels and tree growth rate, followed by vessel size. The lower sensitivity of vessel diameter to hydrological alterations confirms previous studies by other authors.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

IAWA Journal

ISSN

0928-1541

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

37

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

332-348

UT code for WoS article

000377342500012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84977120234