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dc.contributor.authorGuyette, Richard P. (Richard Paul)eng
dc.contributor.authorStambaugh, Michael C. (Michael Charles)eng
dc.coverage.spatialMissourieng
dc.date.issued2003eng
dc.description.abstractLarge wood of oak trees (Quercus spp.) has resided in the streams and sediments of north Missouri, USA for many thousands of years. This wood affords the opportunity to compare a chronosequence of differences in wood density over a very long period. We analyzed the relationship between the age (residence time) and density of heartwood from oak boles using tree-ring and 14C dating methods and discuss their implications. The residence time of large oak wood (> 25 cm diameter) sampled in the streams and sediments ranged from less than 14 years to more than 12,320 years. The oak wood ranged in density from 0.82 g cm-3 for a tree that had recently fallen into the stream to 0.14 g cm-3 for ancient oak wood. Two regression equations relate age (residence time) and density of oak wood and explain 88 percent of the variance in the dependent variables. Equation 1, heartwood density = age, can be used for studies in carbon cycling, wood as invertebrate habitat, or other questions related to the density and ecology of wood in streams such as wood retention and export. Equation 2, age = heartwood density, can be used for estimating when oak wood was formed on a very coarse scale over many thousands of years.eng
dc.identifier.citationIAWA Journal, Vol. 24 (4), 2003: 345-353.eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/8601eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherIAWA Journaleng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionForestry publications (MU)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. School of Natural Resources. Department of Forestryeng
dc.source.harvestedInternational Association of Wood Anatomists web siteeng
dc.subjectwaterloggedeng
dc.subjectspecific gravityeng
dc.subjectwoody debriseng
dc.subject.lcshWood -- Densityeng
dc.subject.lcshTrees -- Ageeng
dc.subject.lcshOakeng
dc.titleThe Age and Density of Ancient and Modern Oak Wood in Streams and Sedimentseng
dc.typeArticleeng


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