Trade-offs between seedling growth and survival in deciduous broadleaved trees in a temperate forest

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 537-544

  Seiwa, Kenji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Gap; Gap size; Habitat selection; Habitat width; Light; Niche partitioning; Relative growth rate; Seed size; Successional status

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY GAP; COEXISTENCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGHT EFFECT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ACER; ACER MONO; BETULA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA VAR. JAPONICA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 34247884357     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl283     Document Type: Article

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