Allometry of constitutive defense: A model and a comparative test with tree bark and fire regime

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 614-632

  Jackson, James F ^a   Adams, Dean C ^a,b   Jackson, Ursula B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Defense; Fire resistance; Pinus; Quercus; Tree bark

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BARK; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE;

PINUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032793491     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303201     Document Type: Article

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