Demographic response to shading and defoliation in two woodland orchids

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-106

  Shefferson, Richard P ^a,b   Kull, Tiiu ^c   Tali, Kadri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cephalanthera longifolia; Cypripedium calceolus; Geophytes; Life history trade offs; Orchidaceae; Perennials; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAMET; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHADING; WOODLAND;

CEPHALANTHERA; CEPHALANTHERA LONGIFOLIA; CYPRIPEDIUM; CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 31744432375     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02805264     Document Type: Article

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