Plant growth rates and seed size: A re-evaluation

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1283-1289

  Turnbull, Lindsay A ^a,b   Philipson, Christopher D ^a   Purves, Drew W ^b   Atkinson, Rebecca L ^c   Cunniff, Jennifer ^c   Goodenough, Anne ^c   Hautier, Yann ^a   Houghton, Jennie ^c   Marthews, Toby R ^d   Osborne, Colin P ^c   Paul Victor, Cloé ^a   Rose, Karen E ^c   Saner, Philippe ^a   Taylor, Samuel H ^c   Woodward, F Ian ^c   Hector, Andy ^a,b   Rees, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life history trade offs; Nonlinear regression; Relative growth rate (RGR); Size standardized growth rate (SGR)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CORRELATION; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NONLINEARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED SIZE; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PLANT; PLANT SEED;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

EID: 84862291042     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0261.1     Document Type: Article

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