Tree physiology: Tracking tree carbon gain (original) (raw)

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Wood formation drives the storage of carbon in trees and other woody plants. A detailed analysis of conifer xylem tissue formation reveals how the intra-annual dynamics of biomass production are recorded in wood.

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  1. Ute Sass-Klaassen is in the Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands and chair of the EU COST Action FP1106 STReESS.,
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Sass-Klaassen, U. Tree physiology: Tracking tree carbon gain.Nature Plants 1, 15175 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.175

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