Pruning effects on ring width and wood hydrosystem of Prosopis flexuosa DC from arid woodlands

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-79

  Giantomasi, María Alejandra ^a   Alvarez, Juan Agustín ^a,b   Villagra, Pablo Eugenio ^a,b   Debandi, Guillermo ^c   Roig Juñent, Fidel Alejandro ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Central Monte; Silviculture; Tree ring; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEGUME; PRUNING; SILVICULTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING; WOOD; WOODLAND;

SOUTH AMERICA;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS FLEXUOSA;

EID: 84937923295     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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