On the conceptual basis of the self-thinning rule

Oikos

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 544-548

  Torres, José Leonel ^a,b,c   Sosa, Vinicio J ^a,b,c   Equihua, Miguel ^a,b,c   Torres, Leonel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SELF THINNING;

EID: 0035711643     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950320.x     Document Type: Review

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