Scaling relationships among twig size, leaf size and leafing intensity in a successional series of subtropical forests

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 609-617

  Yan, En Rong ^a   Wang, Xi Hua ^a   Chang, Scott X ^b   He, Fangliang ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

allometric scaling; evergreen broad leaved forests; recurrent species; scaling slope

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAF AREA; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RECURRENT SPECIES; SCALING SLOPE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALLOMETRIC SCALING; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; RECURRENT SPECIES; SCALING SLOPE;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CHINA;

EID: 84880267855     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt042     Document Type: Article

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