Different light acclimation strategies of two coexisting tree species seedlings in a temperate secondary forest along five natural light levels

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 306, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-242

  Zhang, Min ^a,b,c   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a,b   Li, Mingcai ^a,b   Zhang, Guangqi ^a,b,c   Yan, Qiaoling ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Qingyuan Experimental Station of Forest Ecology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Growth; Nonstructural carbohydrate; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION PATTERNS; CARBON ALLOCATION; NATURAL FOREST STANDS; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; SEEDLING MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH;

CARBOHYDRATES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

REFORESTATION;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBOHYDRATE; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SECONDARY FOREST; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; GROWTH; LAKES; PLANTS; SEEDS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84880798508     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.031     Document Type: Article

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