Potassium content in living bark, cambium and wood in relation to electrical resistance and tree condition in the silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 39-42

  Križaj, Bojana ^a   Štupar, Janez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Electrical resistance; Potassium; Tree condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842612538     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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