Study on the wood anatomy, annual wood increment and intra-annual growth dynamics of Podocarpus oleifolius var. macrostachyus from Costa Rica

Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-24

  Bauch, Josef ^a   Quiros, Ligia ^b   Noldt, Guna ^a   Schmidt, Petra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c Museum of Natural Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; PLANTATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WOODY PLANT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PODOCARPACEAE; PODOCARPUS OLEIFOLIUS;

EID: 30544433176     PISSN: 16139216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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