Reduced-impact logging: challenges and opportunities

FE Putz, P Sist, T Fredericksen, D Dykstra - Forest ecology and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, sets of timber harvesting guidelines designed to mitigate the
deleterious environmental impacts of tree felling, yarding, and hauling have become known …

The parenchyma of secondary xylem and its critical role in tree defense against fungal decay in relation to the CODIT model

H Morris, C Brodersen, FWMR Schwarze… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
This review examines the roles that ray and axial parenchyma (RAP) plays against fungal
pathogens in the secondary xylem of wood within the context of the CODIT model …

The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

L Poorter, I McDonald, A Alarcón, E Fichtler… - New …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In a comparative study of 42 rainforest tree species we examined relationships amongst
wood traits, diameter growth and survival of large trees in the field, and shade tolerance and …

A global analysis of parenchyma tissue fractions in secondary xylem of seed plants

H Morris, L Plavcová, P Cvecko, E Fichtler… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Parenchyma is an important tissue in secondary xylem of seed plants, with functions ranging
from storage to defence and with effects on the physical and mechanical properties of wood …

Fire‐induced tree mortality in a neotropical forest: the roles of bark traits, tree size, wood density and fire behavior

PM Brando, DC Nepstad, JK Balch… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale wildfires are expected to accelerate forest dieback in Amazônia, but the fire
vulnerability of tree species remains uncertain, in part due to the lack of studies relating fire …

Bark thickness across the angiosperms: more than just fire

JA Rosell - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Global variation in total bark thickness (TBT) is traditionally attributed to fire. However, bark
is multifunctional, as reflected by its inner living and outer dead regions, meaning that, in …

Bark functional ecology: evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity

JA Rosell, S Gleason, R Méndez‐Alonzo… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The causes underlying bark diversity are unclear. Variation has been frequently attributed to
environmental differences across sites. However, variation may also result from tradeoffs …

Functional trait strategies of trees in dry and wet tropical forests are similar but differ in their consequences for succession

M Lohbeck, E Lebrija-Trejos, M Martínez-Ramos… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Global plant trait studies have revealed fundamental trade-offs in plant resource economics.
We evaluated such trait trade-offs during secondary succession in two species-rich tropical …

Fibre wall and lumen fractions drive wood density variation across 24 Australian angiosperms

K Ziemińska, DW Butler, SM Gleason, IJ Wright… - AoB Plants, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Wood density is considered a key plant trait, affecting mechanical and physiological
performance, yet its biological meaning is still rather unclear. Accordingly we investigated …

Functional traits explain light and size response of growth rates in tropical tree species

N Rüger, C Wirth, SJ Wright, R Condit - Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Relationships between functional traits and average or potential demographic rates have
provided insight into the functional constraints and trade‐offs underlying life‐history …