The leaf development process and its significance for reducing self-shading of a tropical pioneer tree species

Oecologia

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 476-482

  Yamada, Toshihiro ^a   Okuda, Toshinori ^b   Abdullah, Makmom ^c   Awang, Muhamad ^c   Furukawa, Akio ^d  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crown geometry; Leaf blade; Leaf growth; Macaranga gigantea; Petiole

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LEAF; PIONEER SPECIES; SELF SHADING;

MACARANGA GIGANTEA;

EID: 0033693899     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000473     Document Type: Article

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