Stem and wood allometric relationships in Cacteae (Cactaceae)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 755-767

  Vázquez Sánchez, Monserrat ^a   Terrazas, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cactaceae; Fiber length; Growth forms; Succulence; Tracheary elements variation; Vessel element length; Wood scaling

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

ALLOMETRY; CACTACEAE; FIBER LENGTH; GROWTH FORM; SUCCULENCE; TRACHEARY ELEMENTS; VESSEL ELEMENT LENGTH;

WOOD;

ECOLOGY; FIBER LENGTH; PLANTS; STEMS; TISSUE; TRACHEIDS; VASCULAR PLANTS; WOOD;

CACTACEAE; CACTEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80052773236     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0553-y     Document Type: Article

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