A rapid and simple method for processing wood to crude cellulose for analysis of stable carbon isotopes in tree rings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 831-835

  Macfarlane, Craig ^a   Warren, Charles R ^a   White, Donald A ^b   Adams, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Cellulose; Eucalyptus globulus; Hemicellulose; Holocellulose; Pinus pinaster; Pinus radiata wood; cellulose

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0033214162     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.12.831     Document Type: Article

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