Survival strategy of hiba (Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae) and two broad-leaved trees in northern Japan in response to creep and glide pressures of snow

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 301-305

  Tanabe, Hiromi ^a   Onodera, Hiromichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal bending; Root system development; Snow damage; Sustentacular roots

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SERRATA; THUJOPSIS DOLABRATA;

EID: 3242725927     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.1-2.301     Document Type: Article

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