Do sexual dimorphisms in reproductive allocation and new shoot biomass increase with an increase of altitude? A case of the shrub willow Salix reinii (Salicaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 988-992

  Sakai, Akiko ^a,b   Sasa, Ayako ^a   Sakai, Satoki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Annual shoot production; Dioecious shrub; Mt. Hakkoda, Japan; Reproductive cost; Reproductive effort; Salicaceae; Salix reinii

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SHOOT; SHRUB;

AOMORI; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT HAKKODA; TOHOKU;

SALICACEAE; SALIX; SALIX REINII;

EID: 33745983273     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.7.988     Document Type: Article

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