Axial and radial variations in xylem anatomy of angiosperm and conifer trees in Yunnan, China

IAWA Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Fan, Ze Xin ^a,c   Cao, Kun Fang ^a   Becker, Peter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b University of Erlangen Nuremberg ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chinese trees; Hydraulic architecture; Tapering; WBE model; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 61849179130     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000198     Document Type: Article

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