Contrasting wood anatomy drives divergent xylogenesis and climate responses in 10 warm-temperate trees.

ABSTRACT: Wood formation is crucial for understanding trees response to environmental conditions and assessing climate change impacts on carbon and water cycles. Nevertheless, species-specific differences in intra-annual radial growth dynamics remain incompletely understood. In this study, we monitored the xylogenesis, its relationships with climatic factors, and leaf phenology in 10 coexisting tree species representing contrasting wood anatomical types under warm-temperate conditions using microcoring techniques from March to December 2018. Our results showed that: (1) Semi- and ring-porous species initiated wood formation earliest (early March) and exhibited the fastest growth rates. In contrast, diffuse-porous species started xylem growth latest (late March) but completed xylogenesis earlier (ear

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856763 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature