Plant foraging and dynamic competition between branches of Pinus sylvestris in contrasting light environments

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 934-945

  Stoll, Peter ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Architecture; Biomass allocation; Branch autonomy; Bud demography; Competition for light; Correlative inhibition; Foraging strategy; Physiological integration; Pinus sylvestris; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC COMPETITION; FORAGE PLANT; GROWTH REGULATION; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH;

COMPETITION; LIGHT EFFECT; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; STEM; TREE;

GYMNOSPERMAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0032412161     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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