Applying CLSM to increment core surfaces for histometric analyses: A novel advance in quantitative wood anatomy

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-145

  Liang, Wei ^a   Heinrich, Ingo ^a   Helle, Gerhard ^a   Liñán, Isabel Dorado ^a   Heinken, Thilo ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell structures; CLSM; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Dendrochronology; Surface preparation; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CELL ORGANELLE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOOD;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84878018513     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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