Seasonal changes in the distribution of water in the outer growth rings of Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica: A study by cryo-scanning electron microscopy

IAWA Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-124

  Utsumi, Yasuhiro ^a   Sano, Yuzou ^a   Ohtani, Jun ^a   Fujikawa, Seizo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavitation; cryo SEM; Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica; ring porous tree; water transport; xylem physiology

Indexed keywords

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0029739233     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90001439     Document Type: Article

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