Biomass allocation in plants: Ontogeny or optimality? A test along three resource gradients

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2581-2593

  McConnaughay, K D M ^a   Coleman, J S ^b,c  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abutilon theophrasti; Allocation; Allometry; Biomass partitioning; Chenopodium album; Leaf area ratio; Old field annuals; Ontogeny; Plant growth rate; Polygonum pensylvanicum; Resource gradients; Root; Shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ONTOGENY; PLASTICITY;

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; POLYGONUM PENNSYLVANICUM;

EID: 0033407451     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2581:BAIPOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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