Cost-benefit relationships in fronds emerging at different times in a deciduous fern, Pteridium aquilinum

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 521-527

  Oikawa, Shimpei ^a   Hikosaka, Kouki ^a   Hirose, Tadaki ^a   Shiyomi, Masae ^b   Takahashi, Shigeo ^c   Hori, Yoshimichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf construction cost; Leaf life span; Light saturated photosynthesis; Payback time; Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS; LIGHT SATURATED PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FERN; LONGEVITY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 3042704739     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-026     Document Type: Article

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