Wood density as a screening trait for drought sensitivity in Norway spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 154-161

  Rosner, S ^a   Svetlik J ^b   Andreassen, K ^c   Borja I ^c   Dalsgaard, L ^c   Evans, R ^d   Karlsson, B ^e   Tollefsrud, M M ^c   Solberg, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY VARIATIONS; DIAMETER GROWTH; GENOTYPIC RELATIONSHIPS; HEIGHT INCREMENTS; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; SOUTHERN NORWAY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

AGE; DATA SET; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TREE; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOOD;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS;

EID: 84893623817     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0209     Document Type: Article

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