Evolutionarily stable leaf area production in plant populations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-32

  Anten, Niels P R ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; NITROGEN;

CANOPY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; LEAF AREA; LEAF NITROGEN CONTENT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036392165     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3022     Document Type: Article

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