Wood anatomical analysis of Alnus incana and Betula pendula injured by a debris-flow event

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1290-1298

  Arbellay, Estelle ^a,b   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Bollschweiler, Michelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

broad leaved tree; diffuse porous wood; ecological wood anatomy; geomorphic process; natural wounding

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DEBRIS FLOW; DECIDUOUS TREE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY; RECONSTRUCTION; TIME SERIES; TREE RING; WOOD; WOUNDING; XYLEM;

ALDER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CLIMATE; FLOODING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT STEM; POLLUTION; SWITZERLAND; WOOD;

ALNUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETULA; CLIMATE; FLOODS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT STEMS; SWITZERLAND; WASTE PRODUCTS; WOOD;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; BETULA PENDULA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77958092612     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq065     Document Type: Article

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