Within-tree variations in shoot differentiation patterns of 10 tall tree species in a Japanese cool-temperate forest

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 228-243

  Yagi, Takanobu ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apical control; Monopodial branching; Shoot functions; Short shoots; Substitution sympodial branching; Terminal shoots

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS;

SAPLINGS; SHOOT DIFFERENTIATION PATTERNS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEAF; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SAPLING; SHOOT GROWTH; STEM; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 2342452549     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-124     Document Type: Article

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