Predicting the limits to tree height using statistical regressions of leaf traits

New Phytologist

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 626-636

  Burgess, Stephen S O ^a,b,c   Dawson, Todd E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Height growth; Hydraulic limitations; Leaf mass area; Tree crowns

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; CANOPY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEIGHT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONIFER; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEQUOIA; TREE; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEQUOIA; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34247362913     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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