Leaf size, sapling allometry, and Corner's rules: Phylogeny and correlated evolution in maples (Acer)

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 767-791

  Ackerly, D D ^a,b   Donoghue, M J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy architecture; Convergent evolution; Independent contrasts; Internal transcribed spacer; Randomization methods; Tree life history

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVOLUTION; LEAF; PHYLOGENY; SAPLING;

ACER; EMBRYOPHYTA; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 0031793708     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286208     Document Type: Article

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