Stem xylem features in three Quercus (Fagaceae) species along a climatic gradient in NE Spain

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 90-96

  Villar Salvador, Pedro ^a,b   Castro Díez, Pilar ^a   Pérez Rontomé, Carmen ^a   Montserrat Martí, Gabriel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Centro Nacional de Recursos Genéticos Forestales El Serranillo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Huber value; Mediterranean climate; Rainfall gradient; Winter temperature; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS;

EID: 0031416639     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050126     Document Type: Article

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