Branch architecture, light interception and crown development in saplings of a plagiotropically branching tropical tree, Polyalthia jenkinsii (Annonaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-63

  Osada, Noriyuki ^a,b   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annonaceae; Branch level light interception; Crown development; Leaf dynamics; Malaysia; Pasoh Forest Reserve; Plagiotropic species; Polyalthia jenkinsii

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; INTERCEPTION; LIGHT; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RAINFOREST; TREE;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLYALTHIA; TREE;

LIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; POLYALTHIA; TREES;

MALAYSIA;

ANNONACEAE; POLYALTHIA;

EID: 0037244780     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg008     Document Type: Article

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