Components of relative growth rate and their interrelations in 59 temperate plant species

New Phytologist

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 395-417

  Hunt, Roderick ^a   Cornelissen, J H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leaf area ratio; Leaf weight fraction; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area; Unit leaf rate

Indexed keywords

LEAF AREA; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 0031285320     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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