Quantitative vessel mapping on increment cores: a critical comparison of image acquisition methods.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Quantitative wood anatomy is critical for establishing climate reconstruction proxies, understanding tree hydraulics, and quantifying carbon allocation. Its accuracy depends upon the image acquisition methods, which allows for the identification of the number and dimensions of vessels, fibres, and tracheids within a tree ring. Angiosperm wood is analysed with a variety of different image acquisition methods, including surface pictures, wood anatomical micro-sections, or X-ray computed micro-tomography. Despite known advantages and disadvantages, the quantitative impact of method selection on wood anatomical parameters is not well understood.

Methods

In this study, we present a systematic uncertainty analysis of the impact of the image acquisition method on commo

SUBMITTER: Peters RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11863283 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature