Ontogenetic strategy shift in sapling architecture of Fagus crenata in the dense understorey vegetation of canopy gaps created by selective cutting

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1186-1196

  Yagi, Takanobu ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAPS; CROWN ARCHITECTURE; GROWTH TRAJECTORIES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT FORAGING; MULTI-LAYER FORM; SAPLING ARCHITECTURE; SELECTIVE CUTTING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; UNDERSTOREY; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION;

ARCHITECTURE; MONOLAYERS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS TREE; GAP DYNAMICS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; ONTOGENY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 67649344501     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-056     Document Type: Article

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