Fire-related features of wood anatomy in a sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) coppice in southern Switzerland

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 643-655

  Bigio, Erica ^a   Gärtner, Holger ^b   Conedera, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Castanea sativa; Fire scar; Surface fire; Tree ring; Vessel size; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA; FIRE SCAR; FIRE SCARS; TREE RINGS; VESSEL SIZE; WOOD ANATOMY;

HEATING; LOCATION; WOOD;

FIRES;

ANATOMY; FIRES; HEATING; RINGS; TREES; WOOD;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 77954540749     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0434-9     Document Type: Article

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