Within-stem water distribution in living trees of some conifers

IAWA Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-327

  Nakada, Ryogo ^a  

^a Forest Tree Breeding Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conifers; Heartwood; Moisture content; Soft X ray photography; Wetwood

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS (SUBGENUS);

EID: 33748669854     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000157     Document Type: Article

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