Plant allometry, leaf nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry, and interspecific trends in annual growth rates

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-163

  Niklas, Karl J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Dobberfuhl models; Leaf chemistry; Leaf protein investment; Quarter power scaling rules; Relative growth rates; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIBOSOME RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLOMETRY; GROWTH RATE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PERIODICITY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PERIODICITY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ALGAE; MAMMALIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 31744432854     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcj021     Document Type: Review

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