Stem extension and mechanical stability of Xanthium canadense grown in an open or in a dense stand

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 179-190

  Watari, Ryoji ^a   Nagashima, Hisae ^a,b   Hirose, Tadaki ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; biomechanics; breaking stress; buckling safety factor; cocklebur; internode; metamer; plant height; stand density; stem extension; wind force resistance; Xanthium canadense; Young's modulus of elasticity

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANNUAL PLANT; BIOMECHANICS; DRY MATTER; ELASTICITY; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HEIGHT; HERB; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; WIND; WOOD; XANTHIUM;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT STEMS; WIND; WOOD; XANTHIUM;

EID: 84903985518     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu088     Document Type: Article

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