Wood anatomical changes in roots of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) after exposure

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-152

  Hitz, O M ^a   Gartner H ^b   Heinrich, I ^a   Monbaron, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ash tree; Dendrogeomorphology; Fraxinus excelsior L.; River erosion; Root exposure; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EROSION; GLOBAL CHANGE; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER BANK; ROOT; WOOD;

CONIFERALES; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 39849091931     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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