Scaling of frond form in Hawaiian tree fern Cibotium glaucum: Compliance with global trends and application for field estimation

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 686-691

  Arcand, Naomi ^a,b   Kagawa, Aurora K ^b   Sack, Lawren ^c   Giambelluca, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cibotiaceae; Forest plots; Leaf mass per area; Leaf size; Leaf traits; Pteridophyte; Rain forest; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERN; FIELDWORK; FOREST DYNAMICS; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; SIZE STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER CONTENT;

CIBOTIUM GLAUCUM; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 54249136781     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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