Plastic and adaptive response to weather events: A pilot study in a maritime pine tree ring

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2090-2095

  Sánchez Vargas, Nahum M ^a,b   Sánchez, Leopoldo ^a   Rozenberg, Philippe ^a  

^a National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MARITIME PINE TREE RINGS; X-RAY MICRODENSITOMETRY;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; SYNCHRONY; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WEATHER;

FORESTRY; PLASTICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 38849138006     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-075     Document Type: Article

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