Annual, local, and individual variation in the inflorescence and fruit production of eastern leatherwood (Dirca palustris L. Thymelaeaceae)

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 292-304

  Schulz, Kurt ^a   Zasada, John ^b   Nauertz, Elizabeth ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Masting; Reproductive output; Shade tolerance; Understory shrub

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SHADE TOLERANCE;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; DIRCA PALUSTRIS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; THYMELAEACEAE; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 15544380525     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126935     Document Type: Article

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