Allometric scaling laws for water uptake by plant roots

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-59

  Biondini, Mario ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructal theory; Root allometry; Root scaling; Scaling laws; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; HERB; MODELING; MORPHOMETRY; ROOT; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TESTING METHOD; WATER UPTAKE;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT LENGTH; ROOT MORPHOLOGY; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FRACTALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 39049125652     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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