Plant growth-form alters the relationship between foliar morphology and species shade-tolerance ranking in temperate woody taxa

Vegetatio

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-153

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a,b  

^a ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interspecific variability; Leaf morphology; Leaf size; Leaf weight per area; Light demand; Woody plant size; Xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT TOLERANCE; LEAF SIZE; SHADE TOLERANCE; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 0029662404     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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