Heartwood/sapwood profile and the tradeoff between trunk and crown increment in a natural forest: the case study of a tropical tree (#Dicorynia guianensis# Amsh., Fabaceae)

Lehnebach R., Morel H., Bossu J., Le Moguédec G., Amusant N., Beauchêne J., Nicolini E.A.
2017

Sapwood (SW) and heartwood (HW) are two functionally distinct classifications of wood in perennial stems for which quantities can vary greatly in tropical trees. Numerous positive correlations have been found between the radial growth rate (RGR) and SW quantity; however, variations in the SW/HW quantities have not been studied in light of the ontogenetic variation of RGR. Wood core sampling, ...

Technologie des produits forestiers; Physiologie végétale : croissance et développement