Global patterns in plant height

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 923-932

  Moles, Angela T ^a   Warton, David I ^a   Warman, Laura ^a   Swenson, Nathan G ^b   Laffan, Shawn W ^a   Zanne, Amy E ^c,d   Pitman, Andy ^a   Hemmings, Frank A ^a   Leishman, Michelle R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Latitude; Plant ecological strategy; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68849094197     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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