LONGITUDINAL VARIATION IN THE THICKNESS OF THE ANNUAL RING

1 December 1961

journal article
Published by Canadian Institute of Forestry in The Forestry Chronicle

Vol. 37 (4) , 323-349
https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc37323-4

Abstract

Foresters have often concentrated their attention on characteristics of trees which had an immediate practical application and have neglected fundamental features. Diameter growth is a good example. Usually it has been measured at one position on the bole at 5- or 10-year intervals. Such a procedure ignores the biological unit of growth which is the annual layer of xylem laid down on every part of the stem. Some characteristics of that growth layer are described in this paper.

Keywords

LONGITUDINAL VARIATION IN THE THICKNESS
THICKNESS OF THE ANNUAL RING

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