Seasonal pattern of leaf production and its effects on assimilation in giant summer-green herbs in deciduous forests in northern Japan

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-98

  Tani, Tomokazu ^a,b   Kudo, Gaku ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous leaf production; Early leaf production; Giant summer green herb; Net assimilation rate; Photosynthetic rate; Tree canopy closure

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

CONTINUOUS LEAF PRODUCTION; EARLY LEAF PRODUCTION; GIANT SUMMER GREEN HERB; NET ASSIMILATION RATE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; TREE CANOPY CLOSURE;

FORESTRY;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GROWTH; HERB; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

FORESTRY; HERBS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CACALIA HASTATA; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM KAMTSCHATICUM; FILIPENDULA; SENECIO; SENECIO CANNABIFOLIUS; URTICA; VERATRUM; VERATRUM ALBUM;

EID: 33744910571     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-145     Document Type: Article

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