A close-up view of wood structure and properties across a growth ring of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L] Karst.)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-84

  Eder, Michaela ^a   Jungnikl, Karin ^a   Burgert, Ingo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell wall organisation; Gradual changes; Mechanical properties; Single cell; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; CELLS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LANDFORMS; LIGHT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL STABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WOODEN BUILDINGS;

CELL SIZES; CELL WALL ORGANISATION; GRADUAL CHANGES; GROWTH PERIOD; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LATEWOOD (LW); LIGHT MICROSCOPY (LM); MICROFIBRIL ANGLE (MFA); MICROTENSILE TESTING; NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES [L.] KARST.); PICEA ABIES; SINGLE CELL; SINGLE CELL LEVEL; TISSUE TYPING; TREE RING; WATER TRANSPORT; WIDE ANGLE; WOOD STRUCTURES; X RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD);

BIOMECHANICS;

CELLS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH; GROWTH RINGS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PICEA ABIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TREES; WALLS; WOOD PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 58549119737     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-008-0256-1     Document Type: Article

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