Sexual dimorphism in reproductive and vegetative allometry for two dioecious Rhamnus plants in north-eastern China

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1287-1296

  Zhang, Chunyu ^a   Wang, Juan ^a   Zhao, Xiuhai ^a   Xia, Fucai ^b   Gadow, Klaus V ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dioecious plant; Life history theory; Logarithmic model; Reproductive allometry; Vegetative allometry

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TREE; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

CHINA;

RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS DAVURICA;

EID: 84865813092     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0598-5     Document Type: Article

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