The leaf development process and its significance for reducing self-shading of a tropical pioneer tree species
On a monoaxial erect stem of trees with continuous leafing, the older leaves would be quickly shaded by newer (upper) leaves if the trees did not have any compensating mechanisms to avoid self-shading. We hypothesized that the dynamic adjustment of leaf deployment, by regulating the patterns of leaf...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2000
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112380/1/112380.pdf |