Laurel forests in Tenerife, Canary Islands: I. Xylem structure in stems and petioles of Laurus azorica trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 529-537

  Morales, Domingo ^a   Jiménez, M Soledad ^a   González Rodríguez, Agueda M ^a   Cermák, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Laurus azorica; Vessel distribution; Vessel lumen area; Wood structure; Wood water content

Indexed keywords

TISSUE; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER;

LAURUS AZORICA; VESSEL DISTRIBUTION; VESSEL LUMEN AREA; WOOD WATER CONTENT;

FORESTRY;

TREES; WATER; WOOD STRUCTURE; XYLEM;

LAURUS; LAURUS AZORICA;

EID: 27144445891     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-002-0197-z     Document Type: Article

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