Open AccessArchitectural strategies of Cornus sericea, a native but invasive shrub of Southern Quebec, Canada, under an open or a closed canopy
Author(s) -
Tristan CharlesDominique,
Claude Édelin,
A. Bouchard
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcp273
Subject(s) - biology , shrub , understory , canopy , phototropism , ecology , invasive species , botany , phenotypic plasticity , physics , optics , blue light
Qualitative and quantitative studies of the pattern of invasive plant development is considered a key aspect in understanding invasiveness. An architectural analysis was therefore performed in order to understand the relationship between shoot architecture and invasiveness in red-osier dogwood, Cornus sericea (Cornaceae).
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