Leaf area accumulation helps juvenile evergreen trees tolerate shade in a temperate rainforest

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 188-196

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allocation; Gas exchange; Leaf area ratio; Leaf longevity; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; TREE;

EID: 0036941347     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0974-9     Document Type: Article

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