A test for the resource remobilization hypothesis: Tree sprouting using carbohydrates from above-ground parts

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-216

  Sakai, Akiko ^a   Sakai, Satoki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate allocation; Cutting experiment; Euptelea polyandra Sieb. et Zacc; Ground surface disturbance; Mallotus japonicus (Thunb.) Muell. Arg.; Quercus serrata Thunb; Resource movement; Resource remobilization hypothesis; Resprouter; Root stock; Tree sprouting

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; REMOBILIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREE;

EUPTELEA POLYANDRA;

EID: 0031904841     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0672     Document Type: Article

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