XRCT images and variograms reveal 3D changes in wood density of riparian trees affected by floods

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1115-1126

  Ballesteros Cánovas, Juan Antonio ^a,b   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b   Guardiola Albert, Carolina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cambial injury; Riparian trees; Variogram; Wood analysis; Wood anatomy; Wood density; XRCT images

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOODS; HARDWOODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; WOOD;

CAMBIAL INJURY; RIPARIAN TREES; VARIOGRAMS; WOOD ANALYSIS; WOOD ANATOMY; WOOD DENSITY; XRCT IMAGES;

FORESTRY;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; SALIX CINEREA OLEIFOLIA;

EID: 84933182348     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-015-1191-6     Document Type: Article

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