Shoot structure and dynamics of saplings and canopies of three deciduous broad-leaved trees of a coppice forest in central Japan

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 206-214

  Ozawa, Hazime ^a   Itoh, Kayo ^a   Hori, Yoshimichi ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpinus laxiflora; Castanea crenata; Quercus serrata; Shoot elongation; Shoot phenology

Indexed keywords

CARPINUS LAXIFLORA; CASTANEA CRENATA; QUERCUS SERRATA;

EID: 0033975360     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009764     Document Type: Article

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