An empirical assessment of tree branching networks and implications for plant allometric scaling models

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1069-1078

  Bentley, Lisa Patrick ^a   Stegen, James C ^b   Savage, Van M ^c,d,e   Smith, Duncan D ^f   von Allmen, Erica I ^f   Sperry, John S ^f   Reich, Peter B ^g,h   Enquist, Brian J ^a,d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Hierarchical Bayesian; Metabolic scaling theory; Network topology; Plant traits; WBE model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880361640     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12127     Document Type: Article

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