Differential shading of branches or whole trees: Survival, growth, and reproduction

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 482-486

  Henriksson, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competition between branches; Growth; Modularity; Mountain birch; Sink source hypothesis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TREE;

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; GENETTA;

EID: 0035041366     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000547     Document Type: Article

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