A walk through the woods: data analysis of structural adaptations in wood

outline of slides to be created

Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01285.x

Introductory question: consider this figure.What hypothesis is this data being used to evaluate?

What is the relationship shown here and how strong is it?

Primary and secondary growth

Growth forms (inc lianas)

Vessel anatomy (inc cross sections of ring porous, diffuse porous, conifers)

Climate

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The published research

The underlying data