Feedback regulation of constant leaf standing crop in Sasa tsuboiana grasslands

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 459-469

  Konno, Yasuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dwarf bamboo; Leaf standing crop; Regulation of branching; Sasa tsuboiana; Spatial distribution of light

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GRASSLAND; LIGHT;

JAPAN;

SASA;

EID: 0141564827     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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