Flash-flood impacts cause changes in wood anatomy of Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus angustifolia and Quercus pyrenaica

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 773-781

  Ballesteros, J A ^a   Stoffel, M ^b,c   Bollschweiler, M ^b,c   Bodoque, J M ^d   Diez Herrero A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatomical changes; Fibers and parenchyma cells; Flash flood; Growth rings; Vessel; Wounding

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; VULNERABILITY; WOUNDING;

ALDER; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CLASSIFICATION; FLOODING; FRAXINUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; OAK; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT STEM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOOD;

ALNUS; CELL WALL; FLOODS; FRAXINUS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT STEMS; QUERCUS; WOOD;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 77952983908     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq031     Document Type: Article

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