Water content in stem wood of large pine and spruce trees in natural forests in central Sweden

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 98-99, Issue , 1999, Pages 555-562

  Kravka, M ^a   Krejzar, T ^a   Cermak J ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

NOPEX; Trees; Water

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; STEM; WATER CONTENT; WATER RELATIONS;

SWEDEN;

CONIFERALES; PICEA;

EID: 0033621318     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00123-9     Document Type: Article

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