Allometric scaling among tree components in Pinus massoniana stands with different sites

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-333

  Xue, Li ^a   Lie, Ganwen ^a   Lu, Guangchao ^a   Shao, Yiruo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass partitioning pattern; Scaling exponent; Tree component; WBE theory

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROOT; STAND STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREE;

PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 84874738960     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-1021-x     Document Type: Article

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