An improved method and data analysis for ultrasound acoustic emissions and xylem vulnerability in conifer wood

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-191

  Wolkerstorfer, Silviya V ^a,b   Rosner, Sabine ^a   Hietz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPRUCE; STANDARD; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION STUDY; WOOD; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DROUGHTS; PICEA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONICS; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84866177437     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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