Morphological plasticity of shade-tolerant tropical rainforest tree seedlings exposed to light changes

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-348

  Bloor, J M G ^a   Grubb, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Light transfers; Morphology; Rainforest; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTICITY; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE;

EID: 2942597680     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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