Allometry of corispermum macrocarpum in response to soil nutrient, water, and population density

Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Huang, Yingxin ^a   Zhao, Xueyong ^b   Zhou, Daowei ^a   Luo, Yayong ^b   Mao, Wei ^b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Allometry; Apparent plasticity; Biomass allocation; Corispermum macrocarpum; True plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SIZE STRUCTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER USE;

CORISPERMUM;

EID: 76749099826     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B09-095     Document Type: Article

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