Variation in wood density and anatomy in a widespread mangrove species

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1555-1563

  Santini, Nadia S ^a   Schmitz, Nele ^b,c   Lovelock, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exmouth Gulf; Fibre wall thickness; Firth of Thames; Growth; Mangroves; Successive cambia; Xylem vessels

Indexed keywords

EXMOUTH GULF; FIBRE WALL THICKNESS; FIRTH OF THAMES; MANGROVES; SUCCESSIVE CAMBIA; XYLEM VESSELS;

ECOLOGY; FIBERS; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); GROWTH RATE; MARINAS; TISSUE;

HARDWOODS;

AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; FIBERS; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; HARDWOODS; MANGROVE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TISSUE; VESSELS; WOOD DENSITY; XYLEM;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84866461145     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0729-0     Document Type: Article

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