Xylem Plasticity in Pinus pinaster and Quercus ilex Growing at Sites with Different Water Availability in the Mediterranean Region: Relations between Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations and Environmental Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Species and Study Site
2.2. Tree-ring Data and IADF Frequency
2.3. Microscopy and Quantitative Wood Anatomy
2.4. Climate Signal
3. Results
3.1. Tree-Ring Dating and IADFs Occurrence
3.2. Xylem Traits
3.3. Climate Correlations
4. Discussion
4.1. The Role of Water Availability in P. pinaster
4.2. IADF Formation in Q. ilex
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Balzano, A.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; De Micco, V. Xylem Plasticity in Pinus pinaster and Quercus ilex Growing at Sites with Different Water Availability in the Mediterranean Region: Relations between Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations and Environmental Conditions. Forests 2020, 11, 379. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040379
Balzano A, Battipaglia G, Cherubini P, De Micco V. Xylem Plasticity in Pinus pinaster and Quercus ilex Growing at Sites with Different Water Availability in the Mediterranean Region: Relations between Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations and Environmental Conditions. Forests. 2020; 11(4):379. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040379
Chicago/Turabian StyleBalzano, Angela, Giovanna Battipaglia, Paolo Cherubini, and Veronica De Micco. 2020. "Xylem Plasticity in Pinus pinaster and Quercus ilex Growing at Sites with Different Water Availability in the Mediterranean Region: Relations between Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations and Environmental Conditions" Forests 11, no. 4: 379. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040379
APA StyleBalzano, A., Battipaglia, G., Cherubini, P., & De Micco, V. (2020). Xylem Plasticity in Pinus pinaster and Quercus ilex Growing at Sites with Different Water Availability in the Mediterranean Region: Relations between Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations and Environmental Conditions. Forests, 11(4), 379. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040379