Scaling of mass and morphology in plants with minimal branching: An extension of the WBE model

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-20

  Price, C A ^a   Enquist, B J ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

1 4 power; Agavaceae; Allometry; Cactaceae; Fractal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

AGAVACEAE; CACTACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33645241684     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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