Zero-sum allocational strategies determine the allometry of specific leaf area

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1808-1815

  Price, Charles A ^a   Weitz, Joshua S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Leaf density; Leaf mass per area; Leaf thickness; LMA; Photosynthesis; SlA; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEAF AREA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78249284034     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000118     Document Type: Article

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