SynthesisAnnals of botany2013
A meta-analysis of cambium phenology and growth: linear and non-linear patterns in conifers of the northern hemisphere.
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- Winter-spring temperature pattern is closely related to the onset of cambial reactivation in stems of the evergreen conifer Chamaecyparis pisifera.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Small fluctuations in cell wall thickness in pine and spruce xylem: Signal from cambium?PloS one · 2020Article
- Is size an issue of time? Relationship between the duration of xylem development and cell traits.Annals of botany · 2019Article
- Xylogenesis reveals the genesis and ecological signal of IADFs in Pinus pinea L. and Arbutus unedo L.Annals of botany · 2018Article
- New perspective on spring vegetation phenology and global climate change based on Tibetan Plateau tree-ring data.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- Stem girdling indicates prioritized carbon allocation to the root system at the expense of radial stem growth in Norway spruce under drought conditions.Environmental and experimental botany · 2017Article
- Soil water availability and evaporative demand affect seasonal growth dynamics and use of stored water in co-occurring saplings and mature conifers under drought.Trees (Berlin, Germany : West) · 2017Article
- How does climate influence xylem morphogenesis over the growing season? Insights from long-term intra-ring anatomy in Picea abies.Annals of botany · 2017Article
- Effects of Age and Size on Xylem Phenology in Two Conifers of Northwestern China.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- Retrospective Analysis of Wood Anatomical Traits Reveals a Recent Extension in Tree Cambial Activity in Two High-Elevation Conifers.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsOngoing global warming has been implicated in shifting phenological patterns such as the timing and duration of the growing season across a wide variety of ecosystems. Linear models are routinely used to extrapolate these observed shifts in phenology into the future and to estimate changes in associated ecosystem properties such as net primary productivity. Yet, in nature, linear relationships may be special cases. Biological processes frequently follow more complex, non-linear patterns according to limiting factors that generate shifts and discontinuities, or contain thresholds beyond which responses change abruptly. This study investigates to what extent cambium phenology is associated with xylem growth and differentiation across conifer species of the northern hemisphere.
methodsXylem cell production is compared with the periods of cambial activity and cell differentiation assessed on a weekly time scale on histological sections of cambium and wood tissue collected from the stems of nine species in Canada and Europe over 1-9 years per site from 1998 to 2011. KEY
resultsThe dynamics of xylogenesis were surprisingly homogeneous among conifer species, although dispersions from the average were obviously observed. Within the range analysed, the relationships between the phenological timings were linear, with several slopes showing values close to or not statistically different from 1. The relationships between the phenological timings and cell production were distinctly non-linear, and involved an exponential pattern.
conclusionsThe trees adjust their phenological timings according to linear patterns. Thus, shifts of one phenological phase are associated with synchronous and comparable shifts of the successive phases. However, small increases in the duration of xylogenesis could correspond to a substantial increase in cell production. The findings suggest that the length of the growing season and the resulting amount of growth could respond differently to changes in environmental conditions.
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