Crown development in a pioneer tree, Rhus trichocarpa, in relation to the structure and growth of individual branches

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 667-678

  Osada, Noriyuki ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Branch structure; Current year shoot; Functional structural tree models; Height growth; Individual leaf area; Specific leaf area; Stem allometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PATH ANALYSIS; PIONEER SPECIES; TREE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT; PLANT STEM; POISON IVY; TREE;

BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; LIGHT; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STEMS; RHUS; TREES;

HEDERA; TOXICODENDRON TRICHOCARPUM;

EID: 33750629788     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01857.x     Document Type: Article

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