Three-dimensional analysis of the anatomical growth response of European conifers to mechanical disturbance

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1247-1257

  Schneuwly, Dominique M ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b,c   Dorren, Luuk K A ^d   Berger, Frdric ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Larix decidua; Picea abies; Reaction wood rockfall; Tangential rows of traumatic resin ducts; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; ROCKFALL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WOUNDING;

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

PLANT RESIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONIFER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; LARIX; METABOLISM; PLANT STEM; SPRUCE; WOOD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LANDSLIDES; LARIX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PICEA; PLANT STEMS; RESINS, PLANT; WOOD;

EID: 74049136394     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp056     Document Type: Article

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