Allometry, root/shoot ratio and root architecture in understory saplings of deciduous dicotyledonous trees in central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-227

  Cao, Kun Fang ^a,b   Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Allometry; Branch morphology; Leaf size; Root architecture; Root shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DECIDUOUS TREE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SAPLING; UNDERSTORY;

JAPAN;

ACANTHOPANAX SCIADOPHYLLOIDES; ACER DISTYLUM; ACER TENNIFOLIUM; CARPINUS CORDATA; FRAXINUS LANUGINOSA; MAGNOLIA OBOVATA; SAPIUM JAPONICA;

EID: 0031708150     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1998.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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