Using constraint lines to characterize plant performance

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-245

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,b   Brown, James H ^a   Enquist, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0031771987     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546835     Document Type: Article

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