Self-shading, carbon gain and leaf dynamics: A test of alternative optimality models

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-310

  Ackerly, David ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Carbon assimilation; Leaf life span; Self shading; Tropical tree

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LEAF; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; SHADING;

CARICA PAPAYA; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA;

EID: 0032990998     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050790     Document Type: Article

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