Atlas of Woody Plant Stems
Subtitle: Evolution, Structure, and Environmental Modifications
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9783540325239
Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Trees & Forests - General; Nature; Nature/Ecology; Life Sciences - Botany; Plants - General; Nature / Trees; dendrochronology; functional ecology; wood anatomy
First sentence: Plant life developed in the water, and this process took over three billion years.
Description: "This atlas describes the anatomical basics of dendrochronology and wood technology. It gives a unique assemblage of microscopic slides of wood and bark anatomy and demonstrates the reaction of stems to different environments. It provides insight into the evolution of wood, to the variation of wood anatomy in response to climate and disturbances, and it gives an introduction to the methodology used to study wood. Special attention has been given to the unique feature of secondary growth."--BOOK JACKET.