Climate Control of Wood Formation: Illustrated for Scots Pine at Its Northern Distribution Limit

Plant Cell Monographs

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-185

  Seo, Jeong Wook ^a   Eckstein, Dieter ^b   Olbrich, Andrea ^b   Jalkanen, Risto ^c   Salminen, Hannu ^c   Schmitt, Uwe ^d   Fromm, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Institute for Wood Physics and Mechanical Technology of Wood   (Germany)

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EID: 84883334628     PISSN: 18611370     EISSN: 18611362     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36491-4_6     Document Type: Article

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