The functional ecology of shoot architecture in sun and shade plants of Heteromeles arbutifolia M. Roem., a Californian chaparral shrub

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Valladares, Fernando ^a   Pearcy, Robert W ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional plant architecture; Heteromeles arbutifolia; Light harvesting; Phenotypic plasticity; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SHADE; SHOOT MORPHOLOGY; SHRUB;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

HETEROMELES ARBUTIFOLIA;

EID: 0031953309     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050413     Document Type: Article

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