Computer simulations support a core prediction of a contentious plant model

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 508-516

  Hammond, Sean T ^a   Niklas, Karl J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Metabolic theory of ecology; Plant competition; Scaling theory; Species competition; WBE plant model

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; COEXISTENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRIENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84858600445     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100415     Document Type: Article

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