TYLOSES and GUMS: A REVIEW of STRUCTURE, FUNCTION and OCCURRENCE of VESSEL OCCLUSIONS

IAWA Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 186-205

  De Micco, Veronica ^a   Balzano, Angela ^a   Wheeler, Elisabeth A ^b   Baas, Pieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compartmentalization; embolism; heartwood; protective layer; woundwood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977271199     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-20160130     Document Type: Article

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