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Fig. 5

From: Mechanical properties of “flexure wood”: compressive stresses in living trees improve the mechanical resilience of wood and its resistance to damage

Fig. 5

Modulations of the specific modulus of wood formed under different mechanical treatments. NW represents the “normal wood” (no-bending stimulation), TFW (resp. CFW) refers to the wood tissue formed under tensile (resp. compressive) stresses. FW stands for the “flexure wood” formed under symmetrical stem bending (tissues alternatively experienced compression and tensile strain). MSa-N and MSs-N are wood tissues formed in the neutral area. The lines in the boxplot represent the median values. The bottom and top edges of the box indicate the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively. The “+” symbol stands for outliers. Different letters show the significant differences between these values (Student t test, p < 0.05)

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Annals of Forest Science

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