Prediction of Wood Structural Patterns in Trees by Using Ecological Models of Plant Water Relations

Characterization of the Cellulosic Cell Wall

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 38-52

  Gartner, Barbara L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Density; Temperature; Water transport; Wood structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889843254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999714.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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