Tree seedling canopy responses to conflicting photosensory cues

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-204

  Muth, Christine C ^a,b   Bazzaz, F A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula papyrifera Marshall; Canopy displacement; Light foraging; Light quality; Red:far red ratio

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT QUALITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SEEDLING;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0036934187     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0957-x     Document Type: Article

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