Wound reaction after bark harvesting: Microscopic and macroscopic phenomena in ten medicinal tree species (Benin)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 941-951

  Delvaux, Claire ^a   Sinsin, Brice ^b   van Damme, Patrick ^a   Beeckman, Hans ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bark harvesting; Re growth dynamics; Specific conductive area; Vessel features; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

BARK HARVESTING; RE-GROWTH; SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVE AREA; VESSEL FEATURES; WOOD ANATOMY;

WOOD;

HARVESTING;

ANATOMY; BARK; BARKING; HARVESTING; TREES; WOOD;

ISOBERLINIA DOKA;

EID: 77956680250     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0465-2     Document Type: Article

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