Winter water relations of timberline larch (Larix leptolepis Gord.) on Mt. Fuji

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-126

  Maruta, Emiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Krummholz; Larix leptolepis; Timberline; Water relations; Winter injury

Indexed keywords

LARIX; LARIX LEPTOLEPIS; LARIX LYALLII;

EID: 0030469713     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050067     Document Type: Article

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