Growth rate effects on temporal trajectories of ring width, wood density, and mean tracheid length in norway spruce (picea abies (l.) karst.)

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-17

  Herman, Marc ^a   Dutilleul, Pierre ^b   Avella Shaw, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronologies; Growth rate; Mean tracheid length; Norway spruce (picea abies (l.) karst.); Repeated measures; Ring width; Temporal trajectories; Wood density

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000998791     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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