Growth and posture control strategies in Fagus sylvatica and Acer pseudoplatanus saplings in response to canopy disturbance

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1345-1353

  Collet, Catherine ^a,b   Fournier, Mériem ^a,b   Ningre, François ^a,b   Hounzandji, Ablo Paul Igor ^a,b   Constant, Thiéry ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Acer pseudoplatanus; Advance regeneration; biomechanics; canopy gap; Fagus sylvatica; gravitropism; shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY GAP; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MORPHOLOGY; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

ACER; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEECH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FRANCE; GRAVITROPISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TREE;

ACER; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FAGUS; FRANCE; GRAVITROPISM; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; TREES;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 79957796861     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr058     Document Type: Article

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