THE EFFECTS of DROUGHT on WOOD FORMATION in FAGUS SYLVATICA during TWO CONTRASTING YEARS

IAWA Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 332-348

  Giagli, Kyriaki ^a   Gričar, Jožica ^b   Vavrčík, Hanuš ^a   Menšík, Ladislav ^a   Gryc, Vladimír ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Air temperature; cambium; European beech; vessel characteristics; water availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977120234     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-20160137     Document Type: Article

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