Xylem phenology and wood production: Resolving the chicken-or-egg dilemma

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1721-1730

  Lupi, Carlo ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Deslauriers, Annie ^a   Rossi, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cambial activity; Causal modelling; Cell production; Cold environments; Duration of cell differentiation; Growth cessation; Picea mariana; Wood formation; Xylogenesis

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COLD REGION; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAMBIUM; CANADA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPRUCE; WOOD; XYLEM;

CAMBIUM; CANADA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PICEA; SEASONS; WOOD; XYLEM;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 77956432055     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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