Assessing conifer ray parenchyma for ecological studies: Pitfalls and guidelines

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue NOVEMBER, 2015, Pages

  von Arx, Georg ^a   Arzac, Alberto ^b   Olano, José M ^c   Fonti, Patrick ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cutting plane; Measured wood surface; Measurement accuracy; Non structural carbohydrates (NSC); Number of samples; Ray density; Ray dimensions; Ray volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947609970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01016     Document Type: Article

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