Spatial arrangement of branches in relation to slope and neighbourhood competition

Annals of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-310

  Sumida, Akihiro ^a   Terazawa, Ikue ^b   Togashi, Asako ^b   Komiyama, Akira ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Castanea crenata; Hardwood species; Leaf phenology; Neighbourhood competition; Slope of forest floor; Three dimensional structure of branches; Tree crown

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOLIATION; PHENOLOGY; SLOPE;

CASTANEA; CASTANEA CRENATA; FAGACEAE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; FAGACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SOIL; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; FAGACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SOIL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036092302     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf042     Document Type: Article

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