Anomalous earlywood vessel lumen area in black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh.) tree rings as a potential indicator of forest fires

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-114

  Kames, Susanne ^a,b   Tardif, Jacques C ^a,c   Bergeron, Yves ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional earlywood vessel lumen area; Forest fire; Fraxinus nigra; Ring porous

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST FIRE; INJURY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL; TREE RING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS NIGRA;

EID: 79953301553     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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