Adjustment of foliage structure and function to a canopy light gradient in two co-existing deciduous trees. Variability in leaf inclination angles in relation to petiole morphology

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 446-451

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Canopy architecture; Light interception; Populus tremula; Tilia cordata

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TREMULA; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 0031873885     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050173     Document Type: Article

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