Plant functional types and climate at the global scale

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-320

  Box, Elgene O ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold tolerance type; Form function relationship; Geometabolic type; Leaf functional type; Minimal PFT set; Pheno physiognomy; Photosynthetic surface type

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLIMATE; FUNCTIONAL TYPE; GLOBAL SCALE; PLANT; VEGETATION; VEGETATION MODEL;

EID: 0029659369     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236274     Document Type: Article

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