Interacting determinants of interspecific relative growth: Empirical patterns and a theoretical explanation

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 286-296

  McKenna, Margaret F ^a,b   Shipley, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Inst Environ Monitoring ans Res   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth analysis; LWR; NAR; Path analysis; RGR; Roots; SLA

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PATH ANALYSIS; PLANT;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0033384079     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682529     Document Type: Article

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