Structural characteristics of Abies mariesii saplings in a snowy subalpine parkland in central Japan

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-148

  Mori, Akira ^a,b   Hasegawa, Shigeaki F ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Conifer clump; Crown; Current year shoot; Lateral branch

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; SAPLING; SHADING; SNOW COVER; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN;

ABIES; ABIES MARIESII; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33846870317     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.1.141     Document Type: Article

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