How should leaf area, sapwood area and stomatal conductance vary with tree height to maximize growth?

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-157

  Buckley, Thomas N ^a,b   Roberts, David W ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Hydraulic homeostasis; Optimization; Resource substitution

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LEAF AREA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 33644899948     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.2.145     Document Type: Article

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