Wood anatomy and wood density in shrubs: Responses to varying aridity along transcontinental transects

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1388-1398

  Martínez Cabrera, Hugo I ^a   Jones, Cynthia S ^a   Espino, Susana ^b   Jochen Schenk, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridity; Cell size; Cell wall thickness; Growth form; Life history; Shrubs; Wood anatomy; Wood density

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARIDITY; CYTOLOGY; DENSITY; LIFE HISTORY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WOOD; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 69249208650     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800237     Document Type: Article

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