Morphology and biomass allocation of current-year shoots of ten tall tree species in cool temperate Japan

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-183

  Yagi, Takanobu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Frequency distribution of shoot length; Leaf display index; Shoot differentiation; Stem length; Stem mass per unit stem length

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034339219     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013928     Document Type: Article

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