Relative shoot height and irradiance and the shoot and leaf properties of Quercus serrata saplings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1035-1042

  Takahashi, Koichi ^a   Okada, Jun Ichi ^a,b   Urata, Etsuko ^a,c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shizuoka Prefecture Office   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daughter shoot; Leaf mass per area; Leaf nitrogen; Shoot growth; Shoot mortality

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LEAF; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; SHOOT GROWTH; TREE;

QUERCUS SERRATA;

EID: 33746649981     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.8.1035     Document Type: Article

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