Diverse responses of maple saplings to forest light regimes

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-19

  Lei, Thomas T ^a,b   Lechowicz, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Forest gap heterogeneity; Growth form; Leaf chlorophyll; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Plasticity; Root growth; Root:shoot ratio; Specific leaf mass; Stomatal density

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT REGIME; SAPLING;

ACER;

EID: 0031903439     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0644     Document Type: Article

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