Non-destructive evaluation techniques and what they tell us about wood property variation

L Schimleck, J Dahlen, LA Apiolaza, G Downes… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
To maximize utilization of our forest resources, detailed knowledge of wood property
variation and the impacts this has on end-product performance is required at multiple scales …

Scientific merits and analytical challenges of tree‐ring densitometry

J Björklund, G von Arx, D Nievergelt… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
X‐ray microdensitometry on annually resolved tree‐ring samples has gained an exceptional
position in last‐millennium paleoclimatology through the maximum latewood density (MXD) …

Distinct growth responses to drought for oak and beech in temperate mixed forests

M Vanhellemont, R Sousa-Silva, SL Maes… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Droughts are expected to become more intense and frequent. Mixed forests can be
more resilient to extreme events, but are the individual trees in mixed forests also more …

X-ray microdensitometry of wood: A review of existing principles and devices

P Jacquin, F Longuetaud, JM Leban, F Mothe - Dendrochronologia, 2017 - Elsevier
Wood microdensitometry is the analysis of radial variations of density at the annual or intra-
annual growth ring level. Density is related to wood quality, biomass, carbon content, tree …

Environmental drivers interactively affect individual tree growth across temperate European forests

SL Maes, MP Perring, M Vanhellemont… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasting the growth of tree species to future environmental changes requires a better
understanding of its determinants. Tree growth is known to respond to global‐change …

The persistence of carbon in the African forest understory

W Hubau, T De Mil, J Van den Bulcke, OL Phillips… - Nature Plants, 2019 - nature.com
Quantifying carbon dynamics in forests is critical for understanding their role in long-term
climate regulation,,–. Yet little is known about tree longevity in tropical forests,,,–, a factor that …

Applications of computed tomography (CT) scanning technology in forest research: a timely update and review

J Beaulieu, P Dutilleul - Canadian journal of forest research, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Organic materials of woody plants are complex and show internal, structural, and
morphological variations due to genetic and environmental influences. Variability can be …

Advanced X-ray CT scanning can boost tree ring research for earth system sciences

J Van den Bulcke, MA Boone, J Dhaene… - Annals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Tree rings, as archives of the past and biosensors of the
present, offer unique opportunities to study influences of the fluctuating environment over …

Biomass increment and carbon sequestration in hedgerow-grown trees

S Van Den Berge, P Vangansbeke, L Baeten… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global role of tree-based climate change mitigation is widely recognized; trees
sequester large amounts of atmospheric carbon, and woody biomass has an important role …

High-resolution X-ray computed tomography: a new workflow for the analysis of xylogenesis and intra-seasonal wood biomass production

R Lehnebach, M Campioli, J Gričar, P Prislan… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Understanding tree growth and carbon sequestration are of crucial interest to forecast the
feedback of forests to climate change. To have a global understanding of the wood …