Interlocked grain and density patterns in #Bagassa guianensis#: Changes with ontogeny and mechanical consequences for trees

Bossu J., Lehnebach R., Corn S., Regazzi A., Beauchêne J., Clair B.
2018

Trees modulate their building material, wood, throughout their lifetime to meet changing mechanical needs. Basic density, a widely studied wood property, has been proved to be negatively correlated to growth rate and is then considered to reflect the diversity of species growth strategies. An alternative way for trees to modulate growth strategy at constant construction cost is changing the ...

Technologie des produits forestiers; Anatomie et morphologie des plantes