High-resolution climatic analysis of wood anatomical features in Corsican pine from Corsica (France) using latewood tracheid profiles
Hetzer T, Bräuning A, Leuschner HH (2014)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2014
Journal
Publisher: Springer Verlag (Germany)
Book Volume: 28
Pages Range: 1279-1288
Journal Issue: 5
URI: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00468-014-1045-7
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1045-7
Abstract
Abstract: We analyzed latewood anatomical features from Corsican pine (Pinus nigra ssp. laricio) of high-elevation sites in Corsica (France) derived from digital images of the wood surface. Latewood of each ring during the period 1950–2008 was partitioned into ten equal parts P1–P10. Mean values of the cell parameters cell lumen area (CLA), radial cell width (RCW), radial cell wall thickness (CWT), and modeled latewood density (MLD) were calculated for P1–P10. The cellular profiles for each cell parameter were subjected to principal component analyses. It was possible to quantify macroscopically visible variations of wood anatomy like intra-annual density fluctuations (IADFs) by latewood profiles of different cell parameters. A combination of cell parameter characteristics including their relative radial position within latewood provides a quantification of the cell anatomical variations in an IADF. Individual cell parameter chronologies and principal components of cell parameter profiles were correlated with climate data to determine the climatic forcing on latewood formation. Average cell parameter profiles and deviations from the long-term means are able to describe “normal” and “anomalous” environmental conditions during latewood formation. Cell feature anomalies throughout the latewood during individual years allow the reconstruction of past weather conditions with a high temporal resolution.
Authors with CRIS profile
Timo Hetzer
Chair in Cultural Geography
Achim Bräuning
Lehrstuhl für Geographie (Physische Geographie)
Involved external institutions
Germany (DE)How to cite
APA:
Hetzer, T., Bräuning, A., & Leuschner, H.-H. (2014). High-resolution climatic analysis of wood anatomical features in Corsican pine from Corsica (France) using latewood tracheid profiles. Trees-Structure and Function, 28(5), 1279-1288. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-014-1045-7
MLA:
Hetzer, Timo, Achim Bräuning, and Hanns-Hubert Leuschner. "High-resolution climatic analysis of wood anatomical features in Corsican pine from Corsica (France) using latewood tracheid profiles." Trees-Structure and Function 28.5 (2014): 1279-1288.
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