Do females differ from males of European yew (Taxus baccata L.) in dendrochronological analysis?

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Cedro, Anna ^a   Iszkuło, Grzegorz ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; dioecy; Poland; resource allocation; tree ring width; yew

Indexed keywords

TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 79951779033     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/2009-9.1     Document Type: Article

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