Publications Bruno Clair

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

 

González-Melo A., J. M. Posada, J. Beauchêne, R. Lehnebach, S. Levionnois, G. Derroire, B. Clair (2023) The links between wood traits and species demography change during tree development in a lowland tropical rainforest. AoB PLANTS, plad090.

Open access, https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plad090

 

 

 

Bossu J., Moreau J., Delisée C., Le Moigne N., Corn N., Sonnier R., Viretto A., Beauchene J., Clair B. (2023) Revealing the Potential of Waste Fibers from Timber Production and Clearings for the Development of Local Bio-based Insulation Fiberboards in French Guiana. Waste Biomass Valor (2023).

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02085-9

https://hal.science/hal-03848251v1/

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2022

 

 

 

 

Arnould O., Capron, M., Ramonda M., Laurans F., Alméras T., Pilate G., Clair B. (2022) Mechanical characterization of the developing cell wall layers of tension wood fibres by Atomic Force Microscopy. PCI Forest Wood Sci. 2:e39

https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.138

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González-Melo A., J. M. Posada, J. Beauchêne, R. Lehnebach, S. Levionnois, K. Rivera, B. Clair (2022) Radial variations in wood functional traits in a rain forest from eastern Amazonia. Trees. 36, 569-581. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00468-021-02229-1

https://hal.science/hal-03456796/

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2021

 

 

 

 

Levionnois, S., C. Salmon, T. Alméras, B. Clair, C. Ziegler, S. Coste, C. Stahl, A. González-Melo, C. Heinz, P. Heuret (2021) Anatomies, vascular architectures, and mechanics underlying the leaf size-stem size spectrum in 42 Neotropical tree species. Journal of Experimental Botany, erab379.

https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab379

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

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Clair, B. & M. Fournier (2020) Tribune - "Récolter plus dans la forêt à côté de chez moi, c’est le moyen d’investir dans la transition écologique". Le Monde. 25/07/2020.

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https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/07/25/recolter-plus-dans-la-foret-a-cote-de-chez-moi-c-est-le-moyen-d-investir-dans-la-transition-ecologique_6047257_3232.html

 

 

Lehnebach, R., T. Alméras, B. Clair (2020) How does bark contribution to postural control change during tree ontogeny? A study on 6 Amazonian tree species. Journal of Experimental Botany.

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Open Access : https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa070

 

 

 

Lehnebach R., L. Doumerc, B. Clair, T. Alméras (2020) Mechanical stress in inner bark of 15 tropical tree species and relation with anatomical structure. Botany. 98(1): 1-8

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https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2018-0224

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

Ghislain, B., Alméras, T., Prunier, J., Clair, B. (2019) Contributions of bark and tension wood and role of the G-layer lignification in the gravitropic movements of 21 tropical tree species. Annals of Forest Sciences. 76:107. 13p.

Open Access : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13595-019-0899-7

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Ghislain, B., Engel, J., Clair, B. (2019) Diversity of anatomical structure of tension wood among 242 tropical tree species. IAWA Journal. 40(4), 765–784.

https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-40190257

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Clair, B. (2019) Mille et un bois pour mille et un usages. In Inventer l'avenir. L'ingénierie se met au vert. CNRS Editions. pp142-142.

https://www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/ecologie-environnement-sciences-de-la-terre/inventer-l-avenir/

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Clair B., B. Ghislain, J. Prunier, R. Lehnebach, J. Beauchêne, T. Alméras (2019) Mechanical contribution of secondary phloem to postural control in trees: the bark side of the force. New Phytologist. 221(1) 209-217

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15375

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Supporting informations

 

See also the commentary in New Phytologist

Poppinga and Speck : Bark, the neglected tree postural motor system  

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

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Dlouhá, J., Alméras, T., Beauchêne, J., Clair, B., Fournier, M. (2018) Biophysical dependences among functional wood traits. Functional Ecology. 32(12), 2652-2665.

https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13209

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Bossu, J., Lehnebach, R., Corn, S. Regazzi, A., Beauchêne, J. Clair, B. (2018) Interlocked grain and density patterns in Bagassa guianensis: changes with ontogeny and mechanical consequences for trees. Trees. 32(6):1643-1655

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-018-1740-x

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Ogeron C, Odonne G, Cristinoi A, Engel J, Grenand P, Beauchêne J, Clair B, Davy D. (2018) Palikur traditional roundwood construction in Eastern French Guiana: ethnobotanical and cultural perspectives. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 14:28.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0226-7

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Clair B, Dejardin A, Pilate A, Alméras T. (2018) Is the G-layer a tertiary cell wall? (Opinion paper) Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00623

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00623/full

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Alméras T, Ghislain B, Clair B, Pilate G, Secerovic A, Fournier M (2018) Quantifying the motor power of trees. Trees. 32:689–702. Doi 10.1007/s00468-018-1662-7

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00468-018-1662-7

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2017

 

 

 

 

Ghislain B. & B. Clair (2017) Diversity in organisation and lignification of tension wood fibre walls  – a review. IAWA Journal. 38 (2), 245-265. doi 10.1163/22941932-20170170

http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/22941932-20170170 OPEN ACCESS

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Chang, S-S., F. Quignar, B. Clair (2017) The effect of sectioning and ultrasonication on the mesoporosity of poplar tension wood. Wood Science and Technology. 51(3), 507-516.

Free online access : http://rdcu.be/oRVS

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00226-017-0890-0

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Alméras, T., Gronvold, A., Van der Lee, A., Clair, B. Montero, C. (2017) Contribution of cellulose to the moisture-dependent elastic behaviour of wood. Composites Science and Technology. 138, 151-160.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.11.025

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2016

 

 

 

Ghislain, B., Nicolini, E.A., Romain, R., Ruelle, J., Yoshinaga, A., Alford, M.H., Clair, B. (2016) Multilayered structure of tension wood cell walls in Salicaceae sensu lato and its taxonomic significance. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182(4) 744–756.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/boj.12471/pdf

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Alméras T. & B. Clair (2016) Critical review on the mechanisms of maturation stress generation in trees. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 13: 20160550. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0550

http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/cgi/content/abstract/rsif.2016.0550

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Hein, P.R., Chaix, G., Clair, B., Brancheriau, L., Gril, J. (2016) Spatial variation of wood density, stiffness and microfibril angle along Eucalyptus trunks grown under contrasting growth conditions. Trees, Structure and Function. 30:871–882. doi: 10.1007/s00468-015-1327-8

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00468-015-1327-8

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Bossu, Beauchêne J., Estevez Y., Duplais C., Clair B. (2016) New insights on wood dimensional stability influenced by secondary metabolites: the case of a fast-growing tropical species Bagassa guianensis Aubl. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0150777. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150777

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0150777

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2015

 

 

Roussel, J.R., Clair, B (2015) Evidence of the late lignification of the G-layer in Simarouba tension wood, to assist understanding how non-G-layer species produce tensile stress. Tree Physiology 35(12), 1366-1377. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpv082

http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/10/01/treephys.tpv082.abstract

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Abedini, R., Clair, B., Pourtahmasi, K., Laurans, F., Arnould O. (2015) Cell wall thickening in developing tension wood of artificially bent poplar trees. IAWA Journal. 36(1): 44-57.

http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/22941932-00000084

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Chang, SS, Quignard, F., Alméras, T., Clair, B. (2015) Mesoporosity changes from cambium to mature tension wood: a new step toward the understanding of maturation stress generation in trees. New Phytologist. 205(3): 1277-1287.  DOI: 10.1111/nph.13126

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/nph.13126/full

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2014

Fournier, M., T. Alméras, B. Clair, J. Gril (2014). Biomechanical Action and Biological Functions of Reaction Wood. In: The biology of reaction wood. B. Gardiner, J. Barnett, P. Saranpaa, J. Gril (Eds). Springer Series in Wood Science. p. 139-170.

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Clair, B., Thibaut, B. (2014). Physical and Mechanical Properties of Reaction Wood. In: The biology of reaction wood. B. Gardiner, J. Barnett, P. Saranpaa, J. Gril (Eds). Springer Series in Wood Science. p. 171-200. 274pp.

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Mauriat M., Le Provost G., Rozenberg P., Delzon S., Bréda N., Clair B., Coutand C., Domec J-C, Fourcaud T., Grima-Pettenati J., Herrera R., Leplé J-C, Richet N, Trontin J-F, and Plomion C. (2014) Wood Formation in Trees. In : Tree Biotechnology, Kishan Gopal Ramawat, Jean-Michel Mérillon, M. R. Ahuja (Eds), April 30, 2014 by CRC Press. 550 Pages

https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01032436

 

 

 

Chang, SS., Salmén, L., Olsson, A-M., Clair, B. (2014) Deposition and organisation of cell wall polymers during maturation of poplar tension wood by FTIR microspectroscopy. Planta. 239(1), 243-254. doi:10.1007/s00425-013-1980-3

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2013

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Clair, B., Alteyrac, J., Gronvold, A., Espejo, J., Chanson, B., Alméras, T. (2013) Patterns of longitudinal and tangential maturation stresses in Eucalyptus nitens plantation trees. Annals of Forest Science, 70(8), 801–811, Open Access DOI 10.1007/s13595-013-0318-4

   

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Ménard L, McKey D, Mühlen GS, Clair B, Rowe NP (2013) The Evolutionary Fate of Phenotypic Plasticity and Functional Traits under Domestication in Manioc: Changes in Stem Biomechanics and the Appearance of Stem Brittleness. PLoS ONE 8(9): e74727. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074727

 

 

 

2012

 

 

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Montero C., J. Gril, C. Legeas, D.G. Hunt, B. Clair (2012) Influence of hygromechanical history on the longitudinal mechanosorptive creep of wood

Holzforschung, 66, 757–764. DOI: 10.1515/hf-2011-0174

 

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Hein, P.R.G., E. Mandrou, J.M. Bouvet, P. Vigneron, B. Clair, G. Chaix (2012) Age trends of microfibril angle inheritance and their genetic and environmental correlations with growth, density and chemical properties in Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake wood. Annals of Forest Science, 68(4) 681-688. DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0186-3

 

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Clair, B. (2012) Evidence that release of internal stress contributes to drying strains of wood. Holzforschung. 66(3),349–353. DOI: 10.1515/hf.2011.159.

 

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Chang, S., Quignard, F., Di Renzo, F., and Clair, B. (2012) Solvent polarity and internal stresses control the swelling behavior of green wood during dehydration in organic solution

BioResources 7(2), 2418-2430.

 

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Montero C., B. Clair, T. Alméras, A. van der Lee, J. Gril (2012) Relationship between wood elastic strain under bending and cellulose crystal strain

Composites Science and Technology, 72: 175–181. doi: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.10.014

 

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McLean J. P., O. Arnould, J. Beauchêne, B. Clair (2012) The effect of the G-Layer on the viscoelastic properties of tropical hardwoods Annals of Forest Science, 69(3), 399-408. DOI 10.1007/s13595-011-0164-1

 

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Dlouhá, J., T. Alméras, B. Clair (2012) Representativeness of wood biomechanical properties measured after storage in different conditions Trees – Structure and Function, 26(3), 695-703. doi: 10.1007/s00468-011-0636-9

 

 

 

2011

 

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Clair B., T. Alméras, G. Pilate, D. Jullien, J. Sugiyama, C. Riekel (2011) Maturation stress generation in poplar tension wood studied by synchrotron radiation micro-diffraction. Plant Physiology. 155: 562-570. doi: 10.1104/pp.110.167270

 

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McLean J. P., T. Zhang, S. Bardet, J. Beauchêne, A. Thibaut, B. Clair, B. Thibaut (2011) The decreasing radial wood stiffness pattern of some tropical trees growing in the primary forest is reversed and increases when they are grown in a plantation Annals of Forest Science. 68(4), 681-688. doi: 10.1007/s13595-011-0085-z

 

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Chang S.S., J.B. Hu, B. Clair, F. Quignard (2011) Pore structure characterization of poplar tension wood by nitrogen adsorption–desorption method (in Chinese with summary in English). Scientia Silvae Sinicae, 47(10), 134-140.

 

2010

 

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Hein, P.R.G., B. Clair, L. Brancheriau, G. Chaix (2010) Predicting microfibril angle in Eucalyptus wood from different wood faces and surface qualities using near infrared spectra. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy. 18, 455-464. doi: 10.1255/jnirs.905

 

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Brémaud I., P. Cabrolier, J. Gril, B. Clair, J. Gérard, K. Minato, B. Thibaut. (2010) Identification of anisotropic vibrational properties of Padauk wood with interlocked grain Wood Science and Technology. 44(3), 355-367. doi: 10.1007/s00226-010-0348-0

 

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Yamamoto H., Ruelle J., Arakawa Y., Yoshida M., Clair B., Gril J. (2010) Origin of the characteristic hygro-mechanical properties of the gelatinous layer in tension wood from Kunugi oak (Quercus acutissima) Wood science and technology. 44(1), 149-163. doi: 10.1007/s00226-009-0262-5

 

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Wang Y., J. Gril, B. Clair, K. Minato, J. Sugiyama (2010) Wood properties and chemical composition of the eccentric growth branch of Viburnum odoratissimum var. awabuki. Trees, 24 (3), 541 – 549. doi 10.1007/s00468-010-0425-x

 

2009

 

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Chang S.S., Clair B., Gril J., Yamamoto H., Quignard F. (2009) Deformation induced by ethanol substitution in normal and tension wood of chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) and simarouba (Simarouba amara Aubl.) Wood Science and Technology, 43: 703-712 doi: 10.1007/s00226-009-0251-8

 

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Yokoyama  M., J. Gril, M. Matsuo, H.Yano, J. Sugiyama, B. Clair, S. Kubodera, T. Mistutani, M. Sakamoto, H. Ozaki, M. Imamura, S. Kawai (2009) Mechanical characteristics of aged Hinoki wood from Japanese historical buildings Comptes Rendus Physique, 10 (7), 601-611 Doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2009.08.009

 

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Chang S.S., Clair B., Ruelle J., Beauchêne J., Di Renzo F., Quignard F., Zhao G.J., Yamamoto H., Gril J. (2009) Mesoporosity as a new parameter in understanding of tension stress generation in trees Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 60, 3023-3030

 

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Dlouhá J., Clair B., Arnould O., Horacek P., Gril J. (2009) On the time-temperature equivalency in green wood: characterisation of viscoelastic properties in longitudinal direction Holzforschung, vol. 63, 327-333.

 

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Dlouhá J., Gril J., Clair B., Alméras T. (2009) Evidence and modelling of physical aging in green wood Rheologica acta, vol. 48, 333-342.

 

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Horikawa Y., Clair B., Sugiyama J. (2009) Varietal difference in cellulose microfibril dimensions observed by infrared spectroscopy Cellulose, 16:1–8

 

2008

 

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Fang C.H., B. Clair, J. Gril & S.Q. Liu (2008) Growth stresses are highly controlled by the amount of G-layer in poplar tension wood. IAWA Journal, 29 (3), 237–246

 

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Fang C.H., D. Guibal, B. Clair, J. Gril, Y.M. Liu & S.Q. Liu (2008) Relationships between growth stress and wood properties in Poplar I-69 (Populus deltoides Bartr. cv.”Lux” ex I-69/55). Annals of Forest Science, 65, 307

 

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Clair B., J. Gril, F. Di Renzo, H. Yamamoto, & F. Quignard (2008) Characterization of a gel in the cell wall to elucidate the paradoxical shrinkage of tension wood. Biomacromolecules, 9 (2), 494–498

 

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Dlouhá, J., Alméras, T., Clair, B., Gril, J., Horáček, P. (2008) Biomechanical performances of trees in the phase of active reorientation. Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., LVI (5), 39-44

 

2007

 

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Fang C.H., B. Clair, J. Gril & T. Alméras (2007) Transverse shrinkage in G-fibers as a function of cell wall layering and growth strain. Wood Science and Technology, 41(8), 659–671

 

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Ruelle J., M. Yoshida, B. Clair & B. Thibaut  (2007) Peculiar tension wood structure in Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichl. (Flacourtiaceae), Trees structure and function, 21, 345–355.

 

2006

 

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Clair B., T. Alméras, H. Yamamoto, T. Okuyama & J. Sugiyama (2006) Mechanical state of native cellulose microfibrils in tension wood. Biophysical Journal. 91(3),1128-1135.

 

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Clair B., T. Alméras & J. Sugiyama  (2006) Compression stress in opposite wood of angiosperms: observations in chestnut, mani and poplar. Annals of Forest Science. 63, 507-510.

 

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Clair B., J. Ruelle, J. Beauchêne, M. F. Prévost & M. Fournier (2006) Tension wood and opposite wood in 21 tropical rain forest species. 1. Occurence and efficiency of G-layer.

IAWA Journal. 27(3), 329–338.

 

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Ruelle J., B. Clair, J. Beauchêne, M. F. Prévost & M. Fournier (2006) Tension wood and opposite wood in 21 tropical rain Forest species. 2. Comparison of some anatomical and ultrastructural criteria. IAWA Journal. 27(4), 341–376.

 

2005

 

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Clair B., J. Gril , K. Baba, B. Thibaut & J. Sugiyama (2005) Precaution for the structural analysis of the gelatinous layer in tension wood. IAWA Journal 26(2): 189-195.

 

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Clair B., B. Thibaut & J. Sugiyama (2005)On the detachment of gelatinous layer in tension wood fibre. Journal of Wood Science 51(3) 218–221

 

2004

 

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Clair B., Thibaut B. (2004) Evaluation of physical and mechanical properties at cell wall level with new microscopy tools, in: Wood Fibre Cell Walls: Methods to Study their Formation, Structure and Properties (COST Action E20), U. Schmitt, P. Ander, J.R. Barnett, A.M.C. Emons, G. Jeronimidis, P. Saranpää, S. Tschegg (eds), Series, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, p. 245-264.

2003

 

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Clair B., G. Jaouen, J. Beauchêne & M. Fournier (2003) Mapping radial, tangential and longitudinal shrinkages and its relation to tension wood in discs of the tropical tree Symphonia globulifera. Holzforschung. 57(6) 665-671

 

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Clair B., M. Fournier, M. F. Prevost, J. Beauchêne & S. Bardet (2003) Biomechanics of buttressed trees : bending strains and stresses. American Journal of Botany 90(9) 1349-1356

 

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Clair B., R. Arinero, G. Leveque, M. Ramonda & B. Thibaut (2003) Imaging the mechanical properties of wood cell wall layers by atomic force modulation microscopy. IAWA Journal 24(3) 223–230

 

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Clair B., J. Ruelle & B. Thibaut (2003) Relationship between growth stresses, mechano-physical properties and proportion of fibres with gelatinous layer in chestnut (Castanea Sativa Mill.). Holzforschung. 57(2) 189-195

 

2001

 

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Clair B. & B. Thibaut (2001) Shrinkage of the Gelatinous Layer of Poplar and Beech Tension Wood. IAWA Journal, 22(2) 121-131

 

2000

 

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Clair B., G. Despaux, B. Chanson & B. Thibaut

Utilisation de la microscopie acoustique pour l'étude des propriétés locales du bois : étude préliminaire de paramètres expérimentaux

Annals of Forest Science, 57: 335-343

 

PhD Thesis

 

 

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Clair B.     
Etude des propriétés mécaniques et du retrait au séchage du bois à l'échelle de la paroi cellulaire : essai de compréhension du comportement macroscopique paradoxal du bois de tension à couche gélatineuse 
28 août 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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