Close association of RGR, leaf and root morphology, seed mass and shade tolerance in seedlings of nine boreal tree species grown in high and low light

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-338

  Reich, P B ^a   Tjoelker, M G ^a   Walters, M B ^a   Vanderklein, D W ^a   Buschena, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Leaf life span; Relative growth rate; Seed mass; Shade tolerance; Specific leaf area; Specific root length

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; ROOT LENGTH; SEED MASS; SHADE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0031822188     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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