Variation in intra-annual radial growth (xylem formation) of Picea mariana (Pinaceae) along a latitudinal gradient in western Quebec, Canada

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 792-800

  Huang, Jian Guo ^a,b   Bergeron, Yves ^a,c   Zhai, Lihong ^c   Denneler, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Gompertz function; Growing season; Intra annual xylem formation; Picea mariana; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANNUAL VARIATION; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; CYTOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREE RING; WOOD; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLIMATE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT STEM; SEASON; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; XYLEM;

CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLIMATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PICEA; PLANT STEMS; QUEBEC; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; XYLEM;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA; PINACEAE;

EID: 84863337745     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000074     Document Type: Article

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