Invariant scaling relations across tree-dominated communities

Nature

Volumn 410, Issue 6829, 2001, Pages 655-660

  Enquist, Brian J ^a,b   Niklas, Karl J ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SAMPLING;

ALLOMETRIC THEORY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MACROECOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES;

EID: 0035810199     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35070500     Document Type: Article

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