Morphological acclimation to understory environments in Abies amabilis, a shade- and snow-tolerant conifer species of the Cascade Mountains, Washington, USA

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 815-824

  Mori, Akira S ^a   Mizumachi, Eri ^b   Sprugel, Douglas G ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Crown morphology; Current year shoot structure; Lateral branch development; Light regime; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SNOW; UNDERSTORY;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 43049157045     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.5.815     Document Type: Article

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