Responses of crown architecture in Betula pendula to competition are dependent on the species of neighbouring trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-424

  Lintunen, Anna ^a   Kaitaniemi, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Betula pendula; Competition; Crown architecture; Neighbour effect; Shoot growth

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BETULA PENDULA; BRANCH LENGTH; CROWN ARCHITECTURE; CROWN DESIGNS; GLUTINOSA; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARIX SIBIRICA; PENDULA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SHOOT GROWTH; SHORT SHOOTS; TREE SPECIES;

COMPETITION;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULA PENDULA; LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77952424551     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0409-x     Document Type: Article

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