Genetic variation of hydraulic and wood anatomical traits in hybrid poplar and trembling aspen

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-160

  Schreiber, Stefan G ^a   Hacke, Uwe G ^a   Hamann, Andreas ^a   Thomas, Barb R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen; Cavitation; Climate change; Drought; Freezing induced embolism; Hybrid poplar; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BOREAL FOREST; CAVITATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; NATIVE SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VESSEL; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD; XYLEM;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

POPULUS;

WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CANADA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POPULUS; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEASON; WOOD; XYLEM;

CANADA; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS; SEEDS; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 79951995393     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03594.x     Document Type: Article

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