A general model for the structure and allometry of plant vascular systems

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6745, 1999, Pages 664-667

  West, Geoffrey B ^a,b   Brown, James H ^b,c   Enquist, Brian J ^b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BOTANY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033549841     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23251     Document Type: Article

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