Relationships of climate and cell features in stems and roots of black spruce and balsam fir

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Krause, Cornelia ^a   Rossi, Sergio ^a   Thibeault Martel, Maxime ^a   Plourde, Pierre Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Cell wall thickness; Climatic parameters; Lumen area; Radial cell diameter

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; CYTOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WOOD QUALITY;

ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 77949619421     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009122     Document Type: Article

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