On the measurement of growth with applications to the modelling and analysis of plant growth

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 244-251

  Roderick, M L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composition; Density; Volume

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; GROWTH MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANT;

EID: 0033873162     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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