Intra-annual tracheid production in balsam fir stems and the effect of meteorological variables

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 402-408

  Deslauriers, Annie ^a,b   Morin, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Boreal forest; Growing season; Temperature; Tracheid production

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CELL ANALYSIS; CELL PRODUCTION; MICRO-CORES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABIES AMABILIS; CELLS; FORESTRY; NATURAL FIBERS; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEMS; TRACHEIDS;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 21444450025     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0398-8     Document Type: Article

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