Impact of soil pressure and compaction on tracheids in Norway spruce seedlings

New Forests

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-88

  Gebauer, Roman ^a   Volařík, Daniel ^a   Martinková, Milena ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anatomy; Stress; Volume flow rate

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FLOW RATE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STRESSES;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; CUMULATIVE CURVES; HAGEN-POISEUILLE; NORWAY SPRUCE SEEDLINGS; TRACHEID DIAMETER; TRANSPIRATION RATES; VOLUME FLOW RATE;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANATOMY; CELL ORGANELLE; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; PRESSURE EFFECT; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING; SOIL TYPE; TRANSPIRATION; VOLUME; XYLEM;

COMPACTION; FORESTRY; PICEA ABIES; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; SOIL; STRESSES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 78650522602     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-010-9211-2     Document Type: Article

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