@article{697162,
      recid = {697162},
      author = {Gardiner, B. A., and Barnett, John, and Saranpāā, Pekka,  and Gril, Joseph,},
      title = {The biology of reaction wood [electronic resource]  /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {The 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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/697162},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10814-3},
}