Xylem and phloem phenology in co-occurring conifers exposed to drought

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1161-1171

  Swidrak, Irene ^a   Gruber, Andreas ^a   Oberhuber, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cambium; Drought; Intra annual radial growth; Phloem formation; Xylogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DROUGHT;

CAMBIUM; CONIFEROUS SPECIES; LOWER TEMPERATURES; PHLOEM FORMATION; RADIAL GROWTH; SPRING TEMPERATURES; TRACHEID PRODUCTIONS; XYLOGENESIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 85027942767     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1026-x     Document Type: Article

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