Work activities included the analysis of wood anatomy along tree-ring series of black spruce in Quebec (Canada), Norway spruce and European larch in Loetchental (Switzerland), and other species not included in the initial plan such as Norway spruce and silver fir in the Black forest (Germany), and black spruce in Alberta (Canada). All activities were performed under the supervision of WSL researchers and technicians. These included the use of laboratory tools such as microtomes, embedding machine, fume hood, and the new laser scanner system for the automatic acquisition of micro-section images. Images were processed with the most recent version of ROXAS software, developed by WSL researchers. Retrieved data were elaborated with specific R packages for statistical and xylem anatomy analyses.
Results were communicated thought scientific manuscripts (3 published, one as last author, one as corresponding, one as first author, and one as first author in preparation), posters (3 as first author) and oral presentations to conferences (4) and workshops (1), seminars to researchers (1), PhD and master students (5). Besides, four informative papers were prepared in collaboration with other researchers and journalists. Finally, a workshop on quantitative wood anatomy with speakers from five different countries and more than 40 participants was organized at the Beneficiary Institute venue. Supervision activities included collaboration with PhD students and persons in charge of image analysis. Training activities comprised attendance to three courses, and participation to >10 seminars, 4 workshops and 6 conferences.
