Learning from the past - the origin of wood

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 498-503

  Savidge, Rodney Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bordered pit; Cambium; Cell biology; Cellulose; Evolution; Lignin; Paleobotany; Protoplasmic autolysis; Secondary growth; Wood formation; Xylogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BIOLOGY; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYTOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); LIGNIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

BORDERED PIT; CAMBIUM; CELL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PALEOBOTANY; PROTOPLASMIC AUTOLYSIS; SECONDARY GROWTH; WOOD FORMATION; XYLOGENESIS;

FORESTRY;

BIOSPHERE; CELLULOSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXTINCTION; FITNESS; FOSSIL; LIGNIN; PALEOBOTANY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SILURIAN; VASCULAR PLANT; WOOD; XYLEM;

ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BORDERED PITS; CAMBIUM; CELLULOSE; CLIMATES; CYTOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; LIGNINS; WOOD;

ARAUCARIACEAE; ARCHAEOPTERIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; CORDAITES; CUPRESSACEAE; CYCADOPSIDA; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINACEAE;

EID: 65649129253     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc84498-4     Document Type: Article

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