Influence of climate on tree-ring and earlywood vessel formation in Quercus robur in Latvia

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1251-1266

  Matisons, Roberts ^a   Brūmelis, Guntis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Climatic gradient; Quercus robur; Wood anatomy; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLIMATIC GRADIENTS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; QUERCUS ROBUR; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; WOOD ANATOMY; WOOD FORMATION;

FORESTRY;

ANATOMY; FORESTRY; QUERCUS ROBUR; WOOD;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84864355056     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0701-z     Document Type: Article

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