The limits to tree height

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6985, 2004, Pages 851-854

  Koch, George W ^a   Stillet, Stephen C ^b   Jennings, Gregory M ^b   Davis, Stephen D ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

MECHANICAL DAMAGES; WATER TRANSPORT;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH DETERMINATION; LIMITING FACTOR; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; TREE GROWTH;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; BODY HEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; GRAVITATION; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEQUOIA; TREES; WATER;

SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 1942467025     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02417     Document Type: Article

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