Resin duct size and density as ecophysiological traits in fire scars of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Larix occidentalis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 973-980

  Arbellay, Estelle ^a,f   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 Northern Research Station   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conifer; Douglas fir; Ecophysiology; Fire scar; Larix occidentalis; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Resin duct; Tree defence; Western larch; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FIRE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RESIN; SIZE STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; WOOD; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

PLANT RESIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DOUGLAS FIR; FIRE; LARIX; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; XYLEM;

FIRES; LARIX; PHENOTYPE; PLANT STEMS; PSEUDOTSUGA; RESINS, PLANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; XYLEM;

EID: 84922921098     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu168     Document Type: Article

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