RING-POROSITY and EARLYWOOD VESSELS: A REVIEW on EXTRACTING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION THROUGH TIME

IAWA Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 295-314

  García González, Ignacio ^a   Souto Herrero, Manuel ^a   Campelo, Filipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

climategrowth relationships; Dendrochronology; ecological wood anatomy; quantitative wood anatomy; Quercus; tree ring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977534267     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-20160135     Document Type: Article

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