Variation in wood density between mature sessile oak and English oak trees growing in different vegetation zones

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F25%3A00644264" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/25:00644264 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43410/25:43928005

Result on the web

<a href="https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/jfs-202512-0002_variation-in-wood-density-between-mature-sessile-oak-and-english-oak-trees-growing-in-different-vegetation-zone.php" target="_blank" >https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/jfs-202512-0002_variation-in-wood-density-between-mature-sessile-oak-and-english-oak-trees-growing-in-different-vegetation-zone.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/74/2025-JFS" target="_blank" >10.17221/74/2025-JFS</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Variation in wood density between mature sessile oak and English oak trees growing in different vegetation zones

Original language description

Wood density is a fundamental functional trait influencing ecological adaptation, hydraulic safety, and timbernutilisation in temperate hardwoods. This study investigated variation in wood density (12% moisture) across maturenstands of two economically and ecologically vital European oak species, sessile oak [Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.] andnEnglish oak (Quercus robur L.), growing in their characteristic vegetation zones in the Czech Republic. We assessednwood density at two heights (at 1.3 m and at the crown base) across six trees per plot and examined its relationship withntree-ring width and height. Results demonstrated statistically significant interspecific differences, with Q. petraea con-nsistently exhibiting higher wood density (721 kg·m−3) than Q. robur (662 kg·m−3) at 1.3 m. Q. petraea showed a statisti-ncally nonsignificant higher density of 710 kg·m−3 at the crown base and an overall average of 717 kg·m−3, while Q. roburnhad densities of 701 kg·m−3 and 669 kg·m−3, respectively. Radial density profiles revealed species-specific patterns, withnQ. robur showing a more uniform density distribution than the pronounced pith-to-bark gradients observed in Q. pe-ntraea. Regression analysis indicated that tree-ring width explained only 12–13% of the variance in density, so othernanatomical factors, such as latewood proportion and tree-ring structure (number and cell size), should be examinednas anatomical drivers of wood-density variation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40102 - Forestry

Project

<a href="/en/project/GF24-14324L" target="_blank" >GF24-14324L: Future wood properties of pine and oak in central Europe</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Journal of Forest Science

ISSN

1212-4834

e-ISSN

1805-935X

Volume of the periodical

71

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

614-623

UT code for WoS article

001648757700004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105026838626