Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) wood growth and vessel characteristics variations in relation to climate and cork harvesting

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-41

  Leal, Sofia ^a   Nunes, Elsa ^a   Pereira, Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cork harvesting; Dendrochronology; Precipitation; Quercus suber L.; Tree rings; Wood anatomy; Wood vessels

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; HARVESTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

ALENTEJO; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 37349029454     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-007-0180-8     Document Type: Article

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