The decreasing radial wood stiffness pattern of some tropical trees growing in the primary forest is reversed and increases when they are grown in a plantation
1.Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil (LMGC),Université Montpellier 2, CNRS,Montpellier,France;2.College of Engineering,Peking University,Beijing,China;3.CIRAD, EcoFoG,EcoFoG: Ecologie des Forêt de Guyane,Kourou Cedex,France
Abstract:
Background
This study examines the radial trend in wood stiffness of tropical rainforest trees. The objective was to determine if the type of growing environment (exposed plantation or dense primary forest) would have an effect on this radial trend.