Effect of crown asymmetry on size-structure dynamics of plant populations

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 631-641

  Umeki, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Crown asymmetry; Morphological plasticity; Neighbourhood interference model; Sizestructure dynamics

Indexed keywords

CROWN ASYMMETRY; CROWN SHAPE; SPATIAL COMPETITION MODEL;

EID: 0030793478     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0388     Document Type: Article

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