Reexamination of a canonical model for plant organ biomass partitioning

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 250-254

  Niklas, Karl J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass allocation; Organ biomass; Plant height; Scaling relations; Stem diameter

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BOTANY; MODEL;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0842288813     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.2.250     Document Type: Article

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