Climbing strategies determine light availability for both vines and associated structural hosts

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 527-534

  Llorens, Anna Maria ^a,b   Leishman, Michelle R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Sita Messtechnik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMBING PLANT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT; HOST PLANT; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHADING; UNDERSTORY; VINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLUE GUM HIGH FOREST; NEW SOUTH WALES; SAINT IVES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 51949092424     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT07019     Document Type: Article

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