Plasticity in xylem anatomical traits of two tropical species in response to intra-seasonal climate variability

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 423-435

  Venegas González, Alejandro ^a   von Arx, Georg ^b   Chagas, Matheus Peres ^a   Filho, Mario Tomazello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecological wood anatomy; IADF; Tropical dendrochronology; Vessel size; Xylem hydraulics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICS;

CLASSICAL METHODOLOGIES; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; IADF; INTRAANNUAL DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS (IADFS); TROPICAL DENDROCHRONOLOGY; VESSEL SIZE; WOOD ANATOMY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84925467470     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1121-z     Document Type: Article

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