Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Wood in a growth ring of a tree that is produced late in the growing season and is harder and less porous than earlywood.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word latewood.
Examples
-
This relationship between climate and tree growth is sustained during the period of the instrumental record as well as the period for which summer temperatures were reconstructed from 13C isotope content and latewood density.
-
An annually-resolved mean summer (June-September) temperature record for the European Alps, covering the period AD 755-2004 and based on 180 recent and historic larch (Larix decidua Mill.) maximum latewood density series, was developed using the regional curve standardization method that preserves interannual to multi-centennial temperature-related variations.
-
You need to look at more than just ring width or latewood density.
Nature's Style: "Naturally Orthogonal"? « Climate Audit 2007
-
I would try to combine ring width, ring density, earlywood density and latewood density, if there were some way to do so.
Nature's Style: "Naturally Orthogonal"? « Climate Audit 2007
-
Earlywood development in many years, and I would imagine, even latewood development in years with a weak Monsoon, will depend on snow pack moisture content and persistence.
-
When it is hot (or drought), RW will be small and MXD should be high (fewer and smaller earlywood cells, fewer latewood cells but they will be flatter (narrower) and more dense). ref.
Nature's Style: "Naturally Orthogonal"? « Climate Audit 2007
-
Maybe something like G = aw + bd + e, where G is an artificial growth parameter, w is ring width, and d is either ring density or latewood density.
More on Positive and Negative Responders « Climate Audit 2007
-
When times are good for the tree–adequate moisture and temperature–RW should be large and MXD should be moderate large cells in both earlywood and latewood.
Nature's Style: "Naturally Orthogonal"? « Climate Audit 2007
-
Quantitative climate analysis of growth ring characteristics mean ring width, mean sensitivity, percentage latewood of modern trees was undertaken at the global scale.
-
Moisture or CO2 are much more likely than temperature to influence ring widths and latewood density.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.