Allometric differences between current-year shoots and large branches of deciduous broad-leaved tree species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-209

  Suzuki, Maki ^a   Hiura, Tsutom ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current year shoot; Elastic similarity model; First order branch; Functional demands on branch design; Pipe model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034143342     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.3.203     Document Type: Article

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