A conceptual framework for the study of modular responses to local environmental heterogeneity within the plant crown and a review of related concepts

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 733-744

  Kawamura, Koji ^a,b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Modularity; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant foraging; Scale up; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 77954455922     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0688-0     Document Type: Article

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