A general integrative model for scaling plant growth, carbon flux, and functional trait spectra

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7159, 2007, Pages 218-222

  Enquist, Brian J ^a,b,c   Kerkhoff, Andrew J ^a,d   Stark, Scott C ^a   Swenson, Nathan G ^a   McCarthy, Megan C ^a   Price, Charles A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Center for Applied Biodiversity   (United States)

^d KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; CARBON FLUX; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; GYMNOSPERM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE;

ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; GYMNOSPERM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34548641053     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06061     Document Type: Article

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