Shoot growth responses to light microenvironment and correlative inhibition in tree seedlings under a forest canopy

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 987-991

  Takenaka, Akio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branching; Litsea acuminata; Shoot demography; Shoot structure

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROHABITAT; SHOOT GROWTH;

LITSEA ACUMINATA;

EID: 0034254499     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.14.987     Document Type: Article

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