Why do trees live so long?

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 653-671

  Lanner, Ronald M ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clonal growth; Conifers; Evolution; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

CELL RENEWAL; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREE; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTION; TIME; TREES;

EID: 0036730574     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-1637(02)00025-9     Document Type: Review

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