Fit, fitter, fittest; where does optimisation fit in?

Silva Fennica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 745-754

  Cowan, Ian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Growth; Nitrogen use; Optimisation; Survival; Water use

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE; OPTIMIZATION; WATER USE;

EID: 0036405511     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.536     Document Type: Article

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