Size dependence of leaf area and the mass of component organs during a course of self-thinning in a hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) seedling population

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 611-618

  Ogawa, Kazuharu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf area ratio; Leaf weight ratio; Root weight ratio; Self thinning; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; LEAF AREA; SEEDLING; SELF THINNING;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 0142010146     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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