Factors controlling resource allocation in mountain birch

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-249

  Kaitaniemi, Pekka ^a,b   Ruohomäki, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allometry; Apical control; Plant architecture; Resource allocation; Source sink interactions

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SUBARCTIC REGION;

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA;

EID: 0038017017     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00037     Document Type: Article

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