Relationship between crown architecture and branch orientation in rain forest trees

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  King, David A ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch; Orthotropic; Phyllotaxis; Plagiotropic; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

BRANCH; CROWN ARCHITECTURE; ORIENTATION; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0031926591     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0638     Document Type: Article

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