The allometry of reproduction within plant populations

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1220-1233

  Weiner, Jacob ^a,b   Campbell, Lesley G ^c   Pino, Joan ^d   Echarte, Laura ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allometric growth; Biomass allocation; Partitioning; Plant life history; Reproductive allocation; Reproductive strategy; Size dependence

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HERB; LIFE HISTORY; PHYTOMASS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 70349928974     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01559.x     Document Type: Review

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