Wood density and hydraulic properties of ponderosa pine from the Willamette valley vs. the Cascade Mountains

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-233

  Bouffier, Laurent A ^a   Gartner, Barbara L ^b   Domec, Jean Christophe ^b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earlywood density; Ecological wood anatomy; Ponderosa pine; Specific conductivity; Vulnerability to embolism; Wood density; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER;

EARLYWOOD DENSITY; ECOLOGICAL WOOD ANATOMY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY; VULNERABILITY TO EMBOLISM; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD QUALITY;

WOOD;

ANATOMY; DENSITY; PINUS PONDEROSA; TREES; WATER;

ABIES; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0038002736     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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