A leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme

Plant and Soil

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-227

  Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Height of species canopy; Meta analysis; Plant ecological strategy; Plant functional types; Seed mass; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

CANOPY HEIGHT; ECOLOGICAL STRATEGY; LEAF-HEIGHT-SEED SCHEME; SEED MASSS; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0031949350     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004327224729     Document Type: Article

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