Factors Affecting Cambial Growth Periodicity and Wood Formation in Tropical Forest Trees: A Review

A review of papers related to cambium activity and wood formation in tropical subtropical trees their response climate South America, Africa, Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia reveals a complex picture the factors that influence tree growth formation. One key finding is while temperature rainfall are essential drivers regions, specific effects these can vary widely depending on local conditions. For example, some areas, increased may lead higher rates formation, others, it have little effect or even be detrimental growth. Another species exhibit different patterns, within same region. These observations highlight need for careful species-level studies understand influencing regions fully. Some also found extreme events, such as droughts floods, significantly impact regions. events density changes long-term forest structure composition. Overall, this suggests much still learned about interactions between climate, soil, other environmental Continued research monitoring efforts will understanding important ecosystems developing effective conservation management strategies.