Universal scaling of respiratory metabolism, size and nitrogen in plants

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7075, 2006, Pages 457-461

  Reich, Peter B ^a   Tjoelker, Mark G ^b   Machado, Jose Luis ^c   Oleksyn, Jacek ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ISOMETRIC SCALING; METABOLIC SCALING; TRANSPORT NETWORKS;

METABOLISM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 31444438658     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04282     Document Type: Article

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