Spatial distribution patterns of Sasa palmata in relation to light conditions across gap-understory continuum in a beech (Fagus crenata) forest

Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 342-348

  Saitoh, T ^a,b   Seiwa, K ^a,b   Nishiwaki, A ^a,b   Kanno, H ^a,b   Akasaka, S ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLONAL PLANTS; FAGUS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0034313865     PISSN: 0021485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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