Why does Viola hondoensis (Violaceae) shed its winter leaves in spring?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1944-1950

  Hikosaka, Kouki ^a   Kawauchi, Yoshie ^b   Kurosawa, Takahide ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Leaf phenology; Leaf senescence; Leaf turnover; Optimization theory; Self shading; Viola hon doensis; Violaceae

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN TREE; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LONGEVITY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONALITY; SHADING; SOIL SURFACE; TRANSPLANTATION; UNDERSTORY;

VIOLA HONDOENSIS; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 78649765864     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000045     Document Type: Article

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