Deciduous and evergreen trees differ in juvenile biomass allometries because of differences in allocation to root storage

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 575-587

  Tomlinson, Kyle W ^a,b   Van Langevelde, Frank ^a   Ward, David ^b   Bongers, Frans ^a   Da Silva, Dulce Alves ^c,d   Prins, Herbert H T ^a,b   De Bie, Steven ^a   Sterck, Frank J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate storage; leaf habit; nutrients; plant allocation theory; plant growth; savanna; trees

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBOHYDRATE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LEAF; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ROOT SYSTEM; SAVANNA; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE STORAGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEAF HABIT; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT ALLOCATION THEORY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SAVANNA; SEASON; TREE;

CARBOHYDRATE STORAGE; LEAF HABIT; NUTRIENTS; PLANT ALLOCATION THEORY; PLANT GROWTH; SAVANNA; TREES;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES;

EID: 84880858336     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct132     Document Type: Article

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