Size of conducting phloem: The "key" factor for bark recovery of 12 tropical medicinal tree species

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-117

  Delvaux, Claire ^a   Sinsin, Brice ^b   Van Damme, Patrick ^a,d   Beeckman, Hans ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bark regeneration; Cambium; Phloem; Sclereids; West Africa; Wood

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BARK; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HARVESTING; PHLOEM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; WOOD;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84875381619     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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