Structure and Function of Infra-Annual Density Fluctuations: Mind the Gaps

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Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2016

Идентификатор DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00595

Ключевые слова: IADF, tree-ring, wood anatomy, stable isotopes, network analysis, wood formation

Аннотация: Tree rings are natural archives of climate and environmental information with a yearly resolution. Indeed, wood anatomical, chemical, and other properties of tree rings are a synthesis of several intrinsic and external factors, and their interaction during tree growth. In particular, lntra-Annual Density Fluctuations (IADFs) can beПоказать полностьюconsidered as tree ring anomalies that can be used to better understand tree growth and to reconstruct past climate conditions with intra-annual resolution. However, the ecophysiological processes behind IADF formation, as well as their functional impact, remain unclear. Are IADFs resulting from a prompt adjustment to fluctuations in environmental conditions to avoid stressful conditions and/or to take advantage from favorable conditions? In this paper we discuss: (1) the influence of climatic factors on the formation of IADFs: (2) the occurrence of IADFs in different species and environments; (3) the potential of new approaches to study IADFs and identify their triggering factors. Our final aim is to underscore the advantages offered by network analyses of data and the importance of high-resolution measurements to gain insight into IADFs formation processes and their relations with climatic conditions, including extreme weather events.

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Журнал: FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 7

Номера страниц: 595

ISSN журнала: 1664462X

Место издания: LAUSANNE

Издатель: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA

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  • Battipaglia Giovanna (Univ Montpellier 2, Inst Sci Evolut, PALECO Ecole Prat Hautes Etud, Ctr Bioarchaeol & Ecol, Montpellier, France;; ; Euro Mediterranean Ctr Climate Change, Lecce, Italy;; )
  • Campelo Filipe (Univ Coimbra, Ctr Funct Ecol, Dept Life Sci, Coimbra, Portugal;; )
  • Vieira Joana (Univ Coimbra, Ctr Funct Ecol, Dept Life Sci, Coimbra, Portugal;; )
  • Grabner Michael (Univ Nat Resources & Life Sci, Inst Wood Technol & Renewable Resources, Vienna, Austria;; )
  • De Micco Veronica (Univ Naples Federico II, Dept Agr Sci, Naples, Italy;; )
  • Nabais Cristina (Univ Coimbra, Ctr Funct Ecol, Dept Life Sci, Coimbra, Portugal;; )
  • Cherubini Paolo (Univ Naples 2, Dept Environm Biol & Pharmaceut Sci & Technol, Caserta, Italy;; ; Swiss Fed Res Inst WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland)
  • Carrer Marco
  • Braewling Achim
  • Cufar Katarina
  • Di Filippo Alfredo
  • Garcia-Gonzalez Ignacio
  • Koprowski Marcin
  • Klisz Marcin
  • Kirdyanov Alexander V.
  • Zafirov Nikolay
  • de Luis Martin