ECOLOGICAL WOOD ANATOMY OF OCOTEA CURUCUTUENSIS

IAWA Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo L. Longui ◽  
Amanda Assad ◽  
Frederico A.R.D.P. Arzolla ◽  
Francisco E.S.P. Vilela ◽  
João B. Baitello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Wood Anatomy ◽  
The State ◽  
Tree Size ◽  
Mechanical Support ◽  
Ecological Wood Anatomy ◽  
Wood Specific Gravity ◽  
Strong Winds ◽  
Anatomical Information ◽  
Two Populations

We studied wood anatomy and specific gravity in a total of 18 trees of Ocotea curucutuensis, a recently described species, lacking wood anatomical information. Nine sample trees were obtained in each of two areas, Pico do Itapeva (PI) and Núcleo Curucutu (NC), both in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. These areas have marked differences in precipitation, altitude, and temperature. Anatomical differences between the two populations appeared related to tree size, and possibly indirectly to climate. Higher wood specific gravity related with the smaller diameter in NC trees is hypothesized to contribute to mechanical support of the epiphyte-laden trees and to resistance against the prevailing strong winds.

Functional and Ecological Wood Anatomy Some Introductory Comments

IAWA Journal ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Baas ◽  
Regis B. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Wood Anatomy ◽  
Ecological Wood Anatomy

Wood Specific Gravity in Species from Two Tropical Forests in Mexico

IAWA Journal ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefina Barajas-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Woody Species ◽  
T Test ◽  
Tropical Deciduous Forest ◽  
Wood Specific Gravity ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest

The specific gravity of 220 woody species, half of them from a tropical rainforest, half from a tropical deciduous forest was measured. The two groups were compared using a Student t-test. The results show highly significant differences in specific gravity between the species from the two areas: woods from the dry deciduous forest tend to be much heavier than those from the rainforest.

scholarly journals Phylogenetic and Ecological Signals in the Wood of Spathelioideae (Rutaceae)

IAWA Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc S. Appelhans ◽  
Bertie Joan van Heuven ◽  
Frederic Lens ◽  
Pieter Baas
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Adaptive Evolution ◽  
Vessel Wall ◽  
Wood Anatomy ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Cool Temperate ◽  
Hydraulic Safety ◽  
Anatomical Information ◽  
First Time

Subfamily Spathelioideae of Rutaceae constitutes a well-supported early branching clade of eight small woody genera that were formerly assigned to five different Sapindalean/Rutalean families. This study brings together detailed wood anatomical information on all eight genera (for four the wood anatomy is described for the first time in detail). Wood anatomy strongly supports the inclusion of all Spathelioid genera in Rutaceae and underpins the molecular phylogeny with a set of interesting apomorphies at different nodes of the cladogram. The wood anatomy of Cneorum tricoccon with its semi-ring porosity, dendritic vessel pattern, vascular tracheids and helical vessel wall thickenings stands out in Spathelioideae. This wood anatomical syndrome is hypothesized to be due to adaptive evolution for hydraulic safety and efficiency of this species in a typical Mediterranean climate, where similar syndromes have evolved in many unrelated clades of woody dicots. In at least six unrelated genera of Rutaceae outside Spathelioideae from Mediterranean or cool temperate and montane climates, the syndrome has also evolved in presumably parallel, adaptive evolution.

scholarly journals Anatomia da madeira de Maba inconstants (Jacq.) Gris. (Ebenaceae)

1983 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
José Newton Cardoso Marchiori
Keyword(s):  
Wood Anatomy ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Anatomical Structure ◽  
The State ◽  
Great Similarity ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Native Tree

This study describes the general, macroscopic and microscopic anatomical structure of the called "Maria-Preta" (Maba inconstans (Jacq.) Gris.), a native tree to the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The wood anatomy of this species is compared with the usual literature for this botanical family. It was found a great similarity between the wood of Maba inconstans and the xylology of the genus Diospyros.

scholarly journals Anatomía de la madera de ocho especies de angiospermas de clima templado

2017 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Alejandra Quintanar ◽  
Carmen de la Paz Pérez-Olvera ◽  
Isabel De la Cruz-Laina ◽  
Daría Razo-Balcazar
Keyword(s):  
Wood Anatomy ◽  
The State ◽  
Microscopic Characteristic ◽  
Anatomical Features ◽  
Ostrya Virginiana ◽  
Alnus Acuminata

Wood anatomy of Alnus acuminata Kunth, Ostrya virginiana Rose, Quercus dyseophylla Benth. and Quercus glabrescens Benth., Arbutus glandulosa DC., Arbutus tessellata Sorensen, Styrax argenteus Presl. and Buddleia wrightii Robinson, collected in the state of Jalisco and Puebla are given. For each studied taxa, distinctive anatomical features are rebounded, and for each microscopic characteristic, photographs are given. Recommendations on their uses are suggested.

scholarly journals Pan tropical biomass equations for Mexico's dry forests

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Návar
Keyword(s):  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Gravity Data ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Large Sample Size ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Wood Specific Gravity ◽  
Spatial Coverage ◽  
Ecological Importance

This study reports a set of robust regional M-tree allometric equations for Mexico's tropical dry forests and their application to a forest inventory dataset for the States of Durango and Sinaloa, Mexico. Calculated M data from 15 reported equations were fitted, applied and validated for regional and global models. Proposed theoretical models, empirically derived equations, as well as global and local reported equations were fitted and applied to calculated M-tree data using wood specific gravity, diameter at breast height, and top height as exogenous variables. Empirically-derived, computer-based equations assessed the M-tree evaluations slightly better than the theoretical, the global and the local models. However, the theoretical models projected compatible M-tree values and deserve further attention once wood specific gravity data are collected in the field. Using the best fit equation, mean M plot density values of 30, 41 and 35 Mg ha-1 were estimated from 57 plots (1,600 m2 each), 217 plots (1,000 m2 each) and 166 plots (1,000 m2 each) in the tropical dry forests of the States of Durango, Tiniaquis and Vado Hondo (Sinaloa), respectively. The large sample size, the richness of the tested allometric models, the economic and ecological importance of this data-source, and the spatial coverage of these equations made this dataset uniquely useful for biomass, charcoal, and other bio-energy estimations, as well as for understanding the inherent heterogeneity of the stand-structure in dynamic tropical forest environments.

Place of Wood Specific Gravity in the Development of Advanced-Generation Seed Orchards and Breeding Programs

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-180
Author(s):  
J. B. Jett ◽  
J. T. Talbert
Keyword(s):  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
The North ◽  
Wood Specific Gravity ◽  
High Heritability ◽  
Pinus Taeda L ◽  
Advanced Generation

Abstract Data from thinnings of 11 genetic tests with an average age of 10 years and from 364 eight-year-old second-generation selections were analyzed to provide an estimate of gain from one cycle of selection for wood specific gravity. Utilizing mid-parent, mature, wood specific gravities and progeny juvenile wood specific gravities, coefficients of genetic prediction, CGP = 0.55 and 0.41, were calculated for the genetic test thinning sample and second-generation selection sample. Expressed as a percentage of the mean, gain from selection was calculated to be 2.6 percent. A strategy was also developed to include wood specific gravity in the North Carolina State Cooperative's second-generation loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) improvement program. High heritability figures indicate little need to develop extensive family information for wood specific gravity in advanced-generation breeding programs.

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