Shade Avoidance and Light Foraging of a Clonal Woody Species, Pachysandra terminalis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Ramet Population Density
2.2. Morphological Plasticity
2.3. Sexual Reproduction
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Sites
4.2. Sampling Strategy
4.3. Measurement of Canopy Openness
4.4. Ramet Population Density in Spring and Sexual Reproduction
4.5. Measurement of LAI
4.6. Measurement of Rhizome Length and Ramet Population Density in Autumn
4.7. Statistical Analysis
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Iwabe, R.; Koyama, K.; Komamura, R. Shade Avoidance and Light Foraging of a Clonal Woody Species, Pachysandra terminalis. Plants 2021, 10, 809. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10040809
Iwabe R, Koyama K, Komamura R. Shade Avoidance and Light Foraging of a Clonal Woody Species, Pachysandra terminalis. Plants. 2021; 10(4):809. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10040809
Chicago/Turabian StyleIwabe, Risa, Kohei Koyama, and Riko Komamura. 2021. "Shade Avoidance and Light Foraging of a Clonal Woody Species, Pachysandra terminalis" Plants 10, no. 4: 809. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10040809