Tradeoffs between hydraulic and mechanical stress responses of mature Norway spruce trunk wood

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1179-1188

  Rosner, Sabine ^a   Klein, Andrea ^b   Müller, Ulrich ^c   Karlsson, B O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b HOLZFORSCHUNG AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^c KOMPETENZZENTRUM HOLZ GMBH   (Austria)

^d THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Hydraulic conductivity; Picea abies; Vulnerability to cavitation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONIFEROUS TREE; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATURATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SATURATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOOD;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 51149122351     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.8.1179     Document Type: Article

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