Sexual vs. vegetative reproduction in relation to forest dynamics in the understorey shrub, Hydrangea paniculata (Saxifragaceae)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-53

  Kanno, Hiroshi ^a,b   Seiwa, Kenji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Environ Conserv Res C   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonal fragmentation; Gap; Japanese beech forests; Persistence; Reproductive modes; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; FRAGMENTATION; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SHRUB; UNDERSTORY;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; HYDRANGEA; HYDRANGEA PANICULATA; SAXIFRAGACEAE;

EID: 1842471138     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000019027.88318.54     Document Type: Article

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