Effects of the spatial arrangement of aerial stems and current-year shoots on the demography and growth of Hydrangea hirta in a light-limited environment

New Phytologist

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 443-453

  Ishii, Hiroaki ^a,b   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Growth; Herbivory; Hydrangea hirta; Intra clonal competition

Indexed keywords

HYDRANGEA HIRTA; HYDRANGEACEAE;

AERIAL STEM; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT;

EID: 0031284891     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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