Latitudinal variation in tree-ring and wood cell characteristics of Picea mariana across the continuous boreal forest in Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1397-1405

  St Germain, Jean Luc ^a   Krause, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GRADIENT METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WOOD;

ANATOMICAL FEATURES; BOREAL FORESTS; CELL NUMBERS; CELL-WALL THICKNESS; EARLYWOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; HIGH VARIABILITY; LATEWOOD (LW); LATITUDE (CO); LATITUDINAL VARIATIONS; QUEBEC , CANADA; RADIAL-GROWTH; RATE REDUCTION; SPRUCE WOOD (PICEA ABIES); TRACHEID LENGTH; TREE RINGS; TREE-RING WIDTH; TREE-RINGS; WOOD ANATOMY;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; TREE RING;

ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUALITY; TREES; WALLS; WOOD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 46749153523     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-008     Document Type: Article

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