Differences in shoot size and allometry between two evergreen broad-leaved shrubs, Aucuba japonica varieties in two contrasting snowfall habitats

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-363

  Kume, Atsushi ^a,b   Ino, Yoshio ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Aucuba japonica; Critical size for flowering; Growth form; Pith; Shoot size

Indexed keywords

AUCUBA; AUCUBA JAPONICA; AUCUBA JAPONICA VAR. BOREALIS; JAPONICA;

EID: 0034349152     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013942     Document Type: Article

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