Net assimilation rate, specific leaf area and leaf mass ratio: Which is most closely correlated with relative growth rate? A meta-analysis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-574

  Shipley, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leaf weight ratio; Net assimilation rate; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

LEAF AREA; PLANT AND FUNGUS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33745852233     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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