A general model for mass-growth-density relations across tree-dominated communities

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-468

  Niklas, Karl J ^a   Midgley, Jeremy J ^b   Enquist, Brian J ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Plant reproduction; Scaling; Self thinning; Trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942470865     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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