Changes in tracheid and ray traits in fire scars of North American conifers and their ecophysiological implications

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-232

  Arbellay, Estelle ^a   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Sutherland, Elaine K ^c   Smith, Kevin T ^d   Falk, Donald A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

conifer; Douglas fir; Ecophysiology; fire scar; Larix occidentalis; Pinus ponderosa; ponderosa pine; Pseudotsuga menziesii; ray; tracheid; western larch; wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CONIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FIRE; NORTH AMERICA; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; FIRES; NORTH AMERICA; TREES; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84904259911     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu112     Document Type: Article

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