Morphology and ecological significance of intra-annual radial cracks in living conifers |
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Authors: | P. Cherubini Fritz Hans Schweingruber Theodor Forster |
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Affiliation: | (1) Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland, CH |
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Abstract: | Intra-annual radial cracks were studied on 294 cross-sections of Norway spruce sampled at two forest sites in the eastern Alps (Italy) and from seven isolated trees in the Jura region (Switzerland). Cracks were occasionally accompanied by traumatic resin canals in the wood that was formed after the cracking. Most of the cracks, however, were without such canals. Traumatic resin canals are not significantly more abundant in tree rings formed after cracking, and their occurrence is not related to the cracking. Cracks developed when the cambium was inactive. Water imbalances during the early spring, due to transpiration losses and inadequate moisture supply from very cold roots, are the likely cause of these cracks. Received: 21 February 1996 / Accepted: 14 June 1996 |
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Keywords: | Dendroecology Wood anatomy Picea abies Radial cracks Frost drought |
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