000 04482nam a22006015i 4500
001 978-3-642-10814-3
003 DE-He213
005 20160405110604.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 140108s2014 gw | s |||| 0|eng d
020 _a9783642108143
_9978-3-642-10814-3
024 7 _a10.1007/978-3-642-10814-3
_2doi
050 4 _aSD430-559
050 4 _aTS800-915
072 7 _aTDJ
_2bicssc
072 7 _aNAT034000
_2bisacsh
072 7 _aTEC020000
_2bisacsh
082 0 4 _a620.12
_223
245 1 4 _aThe Biology of Reaction Wood
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Barry Gardiner, John Barnett, Pekka Saranpää, Joseph Gril.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _aIX, 274 p. 77 illus., 36 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
_2rda
490 1 _aSpringer Series in Wood Science,
_x1431-8563
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Morphology, Anatomy and Ultrastructure of Reaction Wood -- Cell Wall Polymers in Reaction Wood -- The Molecular Mechanisms of Reaction Wood Induction -- Biomechanical Action and Biological Functions -- Physical and Mechanical Properties of Reaction Wood -- Detection and Grading of Compression Wood -- Effects of Reaction Wood on the Performance of Wood and Wood-based Products -- Commercial Implications of Reaction Wood and the Influence of Forest Management.
520 _aThe book is an essential reference source on reaction wood for wood scientists and technologists, plant biologists, silviculturists, forest ecologists, and anyone involved in the growing of trees and the processing of wood. It brings together our current understanding of all aspects of reaction wood, and is the first book to compare and discuss both compression wood and tension wood. Trees produce reaction wood to maintain the vertical orientation of their stems and the optimum angle of each branch. They achieve this by laying down fibre cell walls in which differences in physical and chemical structure from those of normal fibres are expressed as differential stresses across the stem or branch. This process, while of obvious value for the survival of the tree, causes serious problems for the utilisation of timber. Timber derived from trees containing significant amounts of reaction wood is subject to dimensional instability on drying, causing distortion and splitting. It is also difficult to work as timber, and for the pulp and paper industry the cost of removing the increased amount of lignin in compression wood is substantial. This has both practical and economic consequences for industry. Understanding the factors controlling reaction wood formation and its effect on wood structure is therefore fundamental to our understanding of the adaptation of trees to their environment and to the sustainable use of wood. The topics covered include: -Morphology, anatomy and ultrastructure of reaction wood -Cell-wall polymers in reaction wood and their biosynthesis -Changes in tree proteomes during reaction wood formation <-The biomechanical action and biological functions of reaction wood - Physical and mechanical properties of reaction wood from the scale of cell walls to planks -The detection and characterisation of compression wood -Effects of reaction wood on the performance of wood and wood-based products - Commercial implications of reaction wood and the influence of forest management on its formation.
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 0 _aForestry.
650 0 _aTrees.
650 0 _aForest products.
650 0 _aPlant anatomy.
650 0 _aPlant development.
650 0 _aPlant physiology.
650 1 4 _aLife Sciences.
650 2 4 _aWood Science & Technology.
650 2 4 _aForestry.
650 2 4 _aPlant Physiology.
650 2 4 _aPlant Anatomy/Development.
650 2 4 _aTree Biology.
700 1 _aGardiner, Barry.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aBarnett, John.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aSaranpää, Pekka.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aGril, Joseph.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642108136
830 0 _aSpringer Series in Wood Science,
_x1431-8563
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10814-3
912 _aZDB-2-SBL
999 _c2951
_d2951