Hydraulic and biomechanical optimization in norway spruce trunkwood - A review

IAWA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-390

  Rosner, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; functional anatomy; hydraulic vulnerability; Norway spruce; Picea abies; tracheid; water transport; wood density

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890104691     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-00000031     Document Type: Article

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