Formation and spread of callus tissue and tangential rows of resin ducts in Larix decidua and Picea abies following rockfall impacts

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-289

  Schneuwly, Dominique M ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b,c   Bollschweiler, Michelle ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; European larch; Injury; Norway spruce; Tangential extension; Traumatic resin ducts

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEBRIS FLOW; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ROCKFALL; SAMPLING;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES;

PLANT RESIN;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LANDSLIDE; LARIX; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; SPRUCE; WOOD; XYLEM;

LANDSLIDES; LARIX; PICEA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT DISEASES; RESINS, PLANT; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 64349114461     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpn026     Document Type: Article

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