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Understanding crown shyness from a 3-D perspective

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Crown shyness describes the phenomenon whereby tree crowns avoid growing into each other, producing a puzzle-like pattern of complementary tree crowns in the canopy. Previous studies found that tree slenderness plays a role in the development of crown shyness. Attempts to quanti...

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Main Authors: van der Zee, Jens, Lau, Alvaro, Shenkin, Alexander
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8557382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33713413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab035