Bark Anatomy of Trees and Shrubs in the Temperate Northern Hemisphere

• Main Authors: Schweingruber, Fritz H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Steiger, Peter (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Börner, Annett (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Trees.; Biodiversity.; Microscopy.; Forest products.; Plant systematics.; Plant taxonomy.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Tree Biology.; Biological Microscopy.; Wood Science & Technology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

This book presents the microscopic and macroscopic bark structure of more than 180 different tree and shrub species from Europe, Asia and North America. It is the first compendium to demonstrate the anatomical variability in bark since almost 70 years (Holdheide 1951). The introductory chapter expla...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Boreal Taiga
• Subalpine and Subarctic Dwarf Shrubs
• Mountain Ranges in Eurasia
• Deciduous Forest of Temperate Europe
• Deciduous Forest of Submediterranean Europe
• Deciduous Forest of Eastern Asia
• Deciduous Forest of Eastern North America
• Coniferous Forest of Pacific North America
• Mediterranean Hard-Leaved Forest.