Optimal allocation of resources in response to shading and neighbours in the heteroblastic species, Acacia implexa

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-228

  Forster, Michael A ^a   Ladd, Brenton ^b,c   Bonser, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia implexa; density dependence; discriminant function analysis; heteroblastic development; LAR; LMR; NAR; optimal allocation theory; relative growth rate; RMR; shade avoidance syndrome; SLA

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DICOTYLEDON; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LIMITING FACTOR; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFALL; SHADE TOLERANCE;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACACIA; BIOMASS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; POPULATION DENSITY;

ACACIA; ACACIA IMPLEXA; PHYLLODES;

EID: 79551546384     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq228     Document Type: Article

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