3-D growth patterns of trees: Effects of carbon economy, meristem activity, and selection

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-420

  Sterck, Frank J ^a   Schieving, Feike ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon economy; Leaf display; Light; Metamer; Natural selection; Ontogeny; Pipe model; Reproductive allocation; Reproductive output; Scaling; Spatial self organization; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ALLOMETRY; CARBON BUDGET; GROWTH RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 40349087152     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1670.1     Document Type: Article

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