Wood structural differences between northern and southern beech provenances growing at a moderate site

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 882-893

  Eilmann, B ^a   Sterck, F ^a   Wegner, L ^a   De Vries, S M G ^a   Von Arx, G ^b   Mohren, G M J ^a   Den Ouden, J ^a   Sass Klaassen, U ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

COST action E52; Dendrochronology; European beech; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; MIGRATION; PHENOLOGY; PLANTATION; PROVENANCE;

BULGARIA; FRANCE; SWEDEN;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

RAIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; BEECH; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SEASON; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; EUROPE; FAGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; RAIN; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84907849577     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu069     Document Type: Article

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