Weekly xylem production in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) in response to artificial defoliation

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 590-597

  Jones, Brin ^a   Tardif, Jacques ^a   Westwood, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell dimension; Dendrochronology; Diffuse porous; Image analysis; Radial growth; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBOHYDRATES; NATURAL FIBERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

DEFOLIATION; XYLEM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DEFOLIATION; XYLEM;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 3543098716     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-032     Document Type: Article

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