Light acquisition and use by individuals competing in a dense stand of an annual herb, Xanthium canadense

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 388-396

  Hikosaka, Kouki ^a   Sudoh, Sinya ^a   Hirose, Tadaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraspecific competition; Light acquisition; Light use efficiency; Size inequality; Whole plant photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; HERB; LIGHT;

XANTHIUM CANADENSE;

EID: 0032989666     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050740     Document Type: Article

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