Ecophysiological basis of wood formation in ponderosa pine : linking water flux patterns with wood microdensity variables

Climate and stands management have an effect on the process of wood formation via resource availability. To improve knowledge of wood quantity and physical structure, increment cores of ponderosa pine were taken in high- and low-density stands growing in Patagonia, Argentina. Microdensity profiles w...

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Autores principales: Martinez Meier, Alejandro, Fernandez, Marí­a Elena, Dalla Salda, Guillermina, Gyenge, Javier Enrique, Licata, Julián Andrés, Rozenberg, Philippe
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1601
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112715000791
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.021
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author Martinez Meier, Alejandro
Fernandez, Marí­a Elena
Dalla Salda, Guillermina
Gyenge, Javier Enrique
Licata, Julián Andrés
Rozenberg, Philippe
author_browse Dalla Salda, Guillermina
Fernandez, Marí­a Elena
Gyenge, Javier Enrique
Licata, Julián Andrés
Martinez Meier, Alejandro
Rozenberg, Philippe
author_facet Martinez Meier, Alejandro
Fernandez, Marí­a Elena
Dalla Salda, Guillermina
Gyenge, Javier Enrique
Licata, Julián Andrés
Rozenberg, Philippe
author_sort Martinez Meier, Alejandro
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description Climate and stands management have an effect on the process of wood formation via resource availability. To improve knowledge of wood quantity and physical structure, increment cores of ponderosa pine were taken in high- and low-density stands growing in Patagonia, Argentina. Microdensity profiles were performed on trees for which sapflow density (Qs) data were available over two consecutive years (2004 and 2005, dry and wet years, respectively). Conventional and non-conventional microdensity variables were analyzed in the segment of the microdensity profile where Qs was measured. Trees in the low-density stand showed a greater capacity for water transport than trees in the high-density stand, even if no constraints in the soil water availability were confirmed, as was the case for the wet year. Minimum and earlywood density were significantly higher in the high-density stand in several analyzed years. These differences were not reflected in mean density of the whole radial profile. The structural changes in physical wood properties in relation to silvicultural treatments appear to affect plant water status, even in the wet growing season: greater wood density in the first part of the tree-ring may contribute to the observed Qs decrease found in the high-density stand. This fact may lead trees to lack the coordinated mechanisms of response to drought observed in more xeric sites. The increase of wood density in the first part of the tree-ring in ponderosa pine could be not conducive to acclimation, exposing trees to an increasing “dilemma” facing drought.
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spelling INTA16012018-07-04T15:01:54Z Ecophysiological basis of wood formation in ponderosa pine : linking water flux patterns with wood microdensity variables Martinez Meier, Alejandro Fernandez, Marí­a Elena Dalla Salda, Guillermina Gyenge, Javier Enrique Licata, Julián Andrés Rozenberg, Philippe Pinus Ponderosa Arboles Forestales Forest Trees Lignification Water Silviculture Drought Lignificación Agua Silvicultura Sequía Formación de la Madera Climate and stands management have an effect on the process of wood formation via resource availability. To improve knowledge of wood quantity and physical structure, increment cores of ponderosa pine were taken in high- and low-density stands growing in Patagonia, Argentina. Microdensity profiles were performed on trees for which sapflow density (Qs) data were available over two consecutive years (2004 and 2005, dry and wet years, respectively). Conventional and non-conventional microdensity variables were analyzed in the segment of the microdensity profile where Qs was measured. Trees in the low-density stand showed a greater capacity for water transport than trees in the high-density stand, even if no constraints in the soil water availability were confirmed, as was the case for the wet year. Minimum and earlywood density were significantly higher in the high-density stand in several analyzed years. These differences were not reflected in mean density of the whole radial profile. The structural changes in physical wood properties in relation to silvicultural treatments appear to affect plant water status, even in the wet growing season: greater wood density in the first part of the tree-ring may contribute to the observed Qs decrease found in the high-density stand. This fact may lead trees to lack the coordinated mechanisms of response to drought observed in more xeric sites. The increase of wood density in the first part of the tree-ring in ponderosa pine could be not conducive to acclimation, exposing trees to an increasing “dilemma” facing drought. Fil: Martinez Meier, Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Fernandez, Maria Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Dalla Salda, Guillermina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Gyenge, Javier Enrique. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Licata, Julián Andrés. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Rozenberg, Philippe Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique. Unité d’Amélioration Génétique et Physiologie Forestières; Francia 2017-10-26T17:31:58Z 2017-10-26T17:31:58Z 2015-06 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1601 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112715000791 0378-1127 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.021 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Forest ecology and management 346 : 31-40. (June 2015)
spellingShingle Pinus Ponderosa
Arboles Forestales
Forest Trees
Lignification
Water
Silviculture
Drought
Lignificación
Agua
Silvicultura
Sequía
Formación de la Madera
Martinez Meier, Alejandro
Fernandez, Marí­a Elena
Dalla Salda, Guillermina
Gyenge, Javier Enrique
Licata, Julián Andrés
Rozenberg, Philippe
Ecophysiological basis of wood formation in ponderosa pine : linking water flux patterns with wood microdensity variables
title Ecophysiological basis of wood formation in ponderosa pine : linking water flux patterns with wood microdensity variables
title_full Ecophysiological basis of wood formation in ponderosa pine : linking water flux patterns with wood microdensity variables
title_fullStr Ecophysiological basis of wood formation in ponderosa pine : linking water flux patterns with wood microdensity variables
title_full_unstemmed Ecophysiological basis of wood formation in ponderosa pine : linking water flux patterns with wood microdensity variables
title_short Ecophysiological basis of wood formation in ponderosa pine : linking water flux patterns with wood microdensity variables
title_sort ecophysiological basis of wood formation in ponderosa pine linking water flux patterns with wood microdensity variables
topic Pinus Ponderosa
Arboles Forestales
Forest Trees
Lignification
Water
Silviculture
Drought
Lignificación
Agua
Silvicultura
Sequía
Formación de la Madera
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