Self-thinning of plant populations from a dynamic viewpoint

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-203

  Roderick, M L ^a   Barnes, B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3 2 law; Community ecology; Population dynamics; Self thinning law; Self thinning trajectory

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELF THINNING;

EID: 1942422762     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00832.x     Document Type: Review

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