Observation of Quercus petraea epicormics with X-ray CT reveals strong pith-to-bark correlations: Silvicultural and ecological implications

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 278, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-137

  Morisset, Jean Baptiste ^a   Mothe, Frédéric ^a   Colin, Francis ^a  

^a LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Crop tree selection; Epicormic ontogeny; Knots; Sessile oak; Sprouts; Suppressed buds

Indexed keywords

CROP TREES; EPICORMIC ONTOGENY; KNOTS; SESSILE OAK; SPROUTS; SUPPRESSED BUDS;

CROPS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABATEMENT COST; ANATOMY; BARK; BUD; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONTOGENY; SESSILE SPECIES; SILVICULTURE; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

BUDS; ECOLOGY; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; KNOTS; ONTOGENY; QUERCUS PETRAEA; SPROUTS;

FRANCE;

QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 84861949516     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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