Figure 9.

Relative completion of size growth and biomass production. The top line presents the relative completion of size growth and biomass production during the growing season as well as the time lag between size growth and biomass production (red line). For each species, a reference image and its associated xylem gray-value profile (blue line) is shown. The bottom line presents the variation of the relative completion rate, with the vertical lines highlighting the DOY at which the maximum rate occurs.