Does shade improve light interception efficiency? A comparison among seedlings from shade-tolerant and -intolerant temperate deciduous tree species

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-304

  Delagrange, Sylvain ^a,b,c   Montpied, Pierre ^b,c   Dreyer, Erwin ^b,c   Messier, Christian ^a   Sinoquet, Hervé ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d PIAF   (France)

Author keywords

Forest regeneration; Light interception efficiency (LIE); Phenotypic plasticity; Shade tolerance; Silhouette:total area ratio (STAR)

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRADIANCE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT EFFECT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHADE TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; SUNLIGHT; TREE;

MICROCLIMATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; SUNLIGHT; TREES;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33748766623     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01814.x     Document Type: Article

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