A species-level model for metabolic scaling in trees I. Exploring boundaries to scaling space within and across species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1054-1065

  Sperry, John S ^a   Smith, Duncan D ^a   Savage, Van M ^b,c   Enquist, Brian J ^d   McCulloh, Katherine A ^e   Reich, Peter B ^f,g   Bentley, Lisa P ^d   von Allmen, Erica I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological wood anatomy; Functional tree types; Hydraulic architecture; Metabolic scaling theory; Plant allometry; Tree water transport; Vascular network theory; West Brown and Enquist

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ANATOMY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSLOCATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER FLOW; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84866880212     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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