Impact of tree leaf phenology on growth rates and reproduction in the spring flowering species Trillium erectum (Liliaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 500-505

  Routhier, Marie Claude ^a   Lapointe, Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distribution limit; Growth rates; Latitudinal gradient; Liliaceae; Overstory canopy closure; Spring flowering plants; Tree leaf phenology; Trillium

Indexed keywords

FOLIATION; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TREE; VASCULAR PLANT;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM ERECTUM;

EID: 0036204958     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.3.500     Document Type: Article

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