Spatial and seasonal patterns of microsite light availability in a remnant fragment of deciduous riparian forest and their implication in the conservation of Arisaema heterophyllum, a threatened plant species

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-327

  Oshima, Kazunobu ^a   Tang, Yanghong ^b   Washitani, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Microsite light availability; Seasonal variation; Spatial pattern; Threatened plant

Indexed keywords

ARISAEMA HETEROPHYLLUM; HETEROPHYLLUM; RIPARIA;

EID: 0031285343     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02524930     Document Type: Article

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