ArticleNature communications2022
Wood structure explained by complex spatial source-sink interactions.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Wood Formation Modeling - A Research Review and Future Perspectives.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Pooled it
- Interpreting inter- and intra-annual environmental signals in tree-ring δ18O using isotope-enabled modeling.Tree physiology · 2026Article
- Environmentally dependent wood density influences forest structure and dynamics in a demographic vegetation model.Quantitative plant biology · 2026Article
- A Coupled Model of Hydraulic Eco-Physiology and Cambial Growth - Accounting for Biophysical Limitations and Phenology Improves Stem Diameter Prediction at High Temporal Resolution.Plant, cell & environment · 2025Article
- Contrasting wood anatomy drives divergent xylogenesis and climate responses in 10 warm-temperate trees.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Generalized Stomatal Optimization of Evolutionary Fitness Proxies for Predicting Plant Gas Exchange Under Drought, Heatwaves, and Elevated COGlobal change biology · 2025Article
- Dynamically optimizing stomatal conductance for maximum turgor-driven growth over diel and seasonal cycles.AoB PLANTS · 2023Review
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Abstract
Wood is a remarkable material with great cultural, economic, and biogeochemical importance. However, our understanding of its formation is poor. Key properties that have not been explained include the anatomy of growth rings (with consistent transitions from low-density earlywood to high density latewood), strong temperature-dependence of latewood density (used for historical temperature reconstructions), the regulation of cell size, and overall growth-temperature relationships in conifer and ring-porous tree species. We have developed a theoretical framework based on observations on Pinus sylvestris L. in northern Sweden. The observed anatomical properties emerge from our framework as a consequence of interactions in time and space between the production of new cells, the dynamics of developmental zone widths, and the distribution of carbohydrates across the developing wood. Here we find that the diffusion of carbohydrates is critical to determining final ring anatomy, potentially overturning current understanding of how wood formation responds to environmental variability and transforming our interpretation of tree rings as proxies of past climates.
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