Seedling growth strategies and seed size effects in fourteen oak species native to different soil moisture habitats

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Long, Terry J ^a,b   Jones, Robert H ^a,c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 1206   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allometry; Carbon allocation; Quercus

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS;

EID: 0030445226     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050051     Document Type: Article

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