Article Dans Une Revue Trees - Structure and Function Année : 2024

Beech poles do not produce flexure wood after mechanical stimulation: does shifting from stress avoidance to stress tolerance matter?

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Formation of a specific wood tissue called flexure wood often accompanies the thigmomorphogenetic syndrome in mechanically stimulated trees. Flexure wood exhibits high microfibril angle allowing for increase in the stem flexibility and higher resistance to post-elastic damage during repeated loadings. In this study, we examine the microstructure and the properties of wood produced by beech poles submitted to increased mechanical stimulus. Contrary to previous results obtained on poplar saplings, aside a little decrease in density no changes in the microstructure or the post-elastic properties of wood were observed in beech poles. While in saplings wood properties explained 25% of the resistive moment increase and 50% of the maximal curvature decrease, their relative contribution was of 6% for the resistive moment and 5% for the maximal curvature decrease in beech poles. These apparent discrepancies between our results and previous studies were explained by a possible combination of three factors: (i) experienced level of mechanical stimulus, (ii) tree size-dependent shift in the strategy to resist wind loads and (iii) the species sensitivity to thigmomorphogenetic syndrome. We further suggest the use of juvenile transition as an indicator of the species strategy to cope with environmental signals adopting a broader view of the adaptive capacity of a given species.

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hal-04745820 , version 1 (21-10-2024)

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Jana Dlouhá, Leandro Martinez, Tancrede Almeras, Julien Ruelle, Thiéry Constant, et al.. Beech poles do not produce flexure wood after mechanical stimulation: does shifting from stress avoidance to stress tolerance matter?. Trees - Structure and Function, 2024, 38 (6), pp.1367-1377. ⟨10.1007/s00468-024-02556-z⟩. ⟨hal-04745820⟩
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