Annual growth of male and female individuals of the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-57

  Bochenek, Grazyna M ^a   Eriksen, Bente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fraxinus excelsior; Masting; Secondary sexual characters; Trade offs; Tree rings; Wind pollination

Indexed keywords

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 77958018187     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2010.490278     Document Type: Article

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