Trade-offs between the metabolic rate and population density of plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Deng, Jian Ming ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Wang, Gen Xuan ^b   Liu, Jing ^c   Yu, Ze Long ^a   Zhao, Chang Ming ^a   Ji, Ming Fei ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Liu, Jian Quan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; HERB; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT METABOLISM; POPULATION DENSITY; SHRUB; TREE; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ENERGY METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46349091010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001799     Document Type: Article

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