Cost and probability of flowering at the shoot level in relation to variability in shoot size within the crown of Vaccinium hirtum (Ericaceae)

New Phytologist

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-80

  Kawamura, Koji ^a   Takeda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Architectural constraint; Branching pattern; Cost of reproduction; Meristem limitation; Modularity; Plant architecture; Shoot demography; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FLOWERING; GROWTH CURVE; PLANT; SHOOT; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; VACCINIUM;

FLOWERS; PLANT SHOOTS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; VACCINIUM;

ERICACEAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM HIRTUM;

EID: 33744964661     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01737.x     Document Type: Article

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