Allometric relationships between lamina area, lamina mass and petiole mass of 93 temperate woody species vary with leaf habit, leaf form and altitude

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-564

  Li, Guoyong ^a   Yang, Dongmei ^a   Sun, Shucun ^a,b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Biomass allocation; Compound leaved species; Leaf habit; Leaf lamina; Petiole

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF AREA; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 47249161173     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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