Competition for water and light in closed-canopy forests: A tractable model of carbon allocation with implications for carbon sinks

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 314-330

  Farrior, Caroline E ^a   Dybzinski, Ray ^a   Levin, Simon A ^a   Pacala, Stephen W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Competition; Evolutionarily stable strategies; Perfect plasticity approximation; Water limitation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RAIN; WATER;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON SINK; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FINE ROOT; FOREST PRODUCT; GAME THEORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINFALL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84874614194     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669153     Document Type: Article

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