Interacting components of interspecific relative growth rate: Constancy and change under differing conditions of light and nutrient supply

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 611-622

  Meziane, D ^a,b   Shipley, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Leaf mass ratio; Net assimilation rate; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0032732189     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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