Carbon content variation in boles of mature sugar maple and giant sequoia

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-468

  Lamlom, Sabah H ^a   Savidge, Rodney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Annual rings; Cambium; Cross dating; Heartwood; Partitioning; Sapwood; Secondary growth; Sequoiadendron giganteum; Wood; Xylem

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DRY MATTER; METABOLISM; PARTITIONING; SUGAR; TREE RING; XYLEM;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SEQUOIADENDRON; SEQUOIADENDRON GIGANTEUM;

EID: 33646339900     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.4.459     Document Type: Article

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