Using log-log scaling slope analysis for determining the contributions to variability in biological variables such as leaf mass per area: Why it works, when it works and how it can be extended

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-8

  Renton, Michael ^a,b   Poorter, Hendrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leaf mass per area (LMA); Leaf traits; Log log scaling slope analysis; Relative growth rate (RGR); Variability; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DATA BASE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS;

EID: 79951982756     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03629.x     Document Type: Letter

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