Dynamics of internal carbon resources during masting behavior in trees

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-150

  Miyazaki, Yuko ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mass flowering; Modular structure; Proximate factor; Resource budget model; Resource dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CARBON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; FRUIT; MASTING; MATURATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREE;

EID: 84874736434     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0892-6     Document Type: Article

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