Leaf growth dynamics of two congener gymnosperm tree species reflect the heterogeneity of light intensities given in their natural ecological niche

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1496-1505

  Lai, I Ling ^a   Scharr, Hanno ^b   Chavarria Krauser, Andres ^b   Küsters, Ralf ^b   Wu, Jiunn Tzong ^a,c   Chou, Chang Hung ^d   Schurr, Ulrich ^b   Walter, Achim ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chamaecyparis; Congener gymnosperm; Image processing; Light; Niche; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CLOUD FOREST; DIGITAL IMAGE; GROWTH RATE; GYMNOSPERM; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEAF; LIGHT INTENSITY; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS FORMOSENSIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA VAR. FORMOSANA; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 33645027704     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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