Plant strategies in relation to resource supply in mesic to wet environments: Does theory mirror nature?

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-239

  Ordoñez, Jenny C ^a   Van Bodegom, Peter M ^a   Witte, Jan Philip M ^a,b   Bartholomeus, Ruud P ^a,b   Van Hal, Jurgen R ^a   Aerts, Rien ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leaf economics; Light competition; Plant traits; Soil fertility; Soil water supply; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MODEL TEST; MOISTURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL WATER; TRADE-OFF; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NETHERLANDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; WATER;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 76249101605     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649582     Document Type: Article

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