Microscopic Imaging of Shrub Stems (IMAGE)

University of Minnesota

Microscopic Imaging of Shrub Stems

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Microscopic imaging reveals the pattern of annual rings in shrub stems, which the researchers used to determine that shrub growth is controlled by temperatures in June, the first month of the brief arctic growing season.

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Daniel Ackerman

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