Intermittent shoot growth in saplings of Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (Araliaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 535-543

  Seino, Tatsuyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthopanax sciadophylloides; Allocation; Araliaceae; Growth periodicity; Net production; Shade adaptation; Shoot growth; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

INTERMITTENT GROWTH; SAPLING; SHOOT GROWTH;

JAPAN;

ACANTHOPANAX; ACANTHOPANAX SCIADOPHYLLOIDES; ARALIACEAE; CHENGIOPANAX SCIADOPHYLLOIDES; DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 0031835031     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0588     Document Type: Article

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