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Journal Article
Root architecture and wind-firmness of mature Pinus pinaster
2005
Overview
• This study aims to link three-dimensional coarse root architecture to tree stability in mature timber trees with an average of 1-m rooting depth. • Undamaged and uprooted trees were sampled in a stand damaged by a storm. Root architecture was measured by three-dimensional (3-D) digitizing. The distribution of root volume by root type and in wind-oriented sectors was analysed. • Mature Pinus pinaster root systems were organized in a rigid 'cage' composed of a taproot, the zone of rapid taper of horizontal surface roots and numerous sinkers and deep roots, imprisoning a large mass of soil and guyed by long horizontal surface roots. Key compartments for stability exhibited strong selective leeward or windward reinforcement. Uprooted trees showed a lower cage volume, a larger proportion of oblique and intermediate depth horizontal roots and less wind-oriented root reinforcement. • Pinus pinaster stability on moderately deep soils is optimized through a typical rooting pattern and a considerable structural adaptation to the prevailing wind and soil profile.
Publisher
Blackwell Science,Blackwell Science Ltd,Blackwell,Wiley
Subject
/ Animal, plant and microbial ecology
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ cages
/ Climate
/ France
/ Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
/ hard pan
/ Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
/ Pinus
/ Pinus - growth & development
/ Plant Roots - anatomy & histology
/ Plant Roots - growth & development
/ Plant Stems - anatomy & histology
/ roots
/ storms
/ three‐dimensional (3‐D) coarse root architecture
/ Trees
/ Wind
