Allocation of gross primary production in forest ecosystems: Allometric constraints and environmental responses

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1176-1186

  Chen, Guangshui ^a,b   Yang, Yusheng ^a   Robinson, David ^b  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assimilate allocation; Carbon accumulation; Climate change; Forest ecosystems; Optimal partitioning; Plant allometry

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; DATABASE; FOLIAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN; PLANT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF; WOOD;

ARTICLE; ASSIMILATE ALLOCATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBON ACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; HISTOLOGY; OPTIMAL PARTITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ALLOMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

ASSIMILATE ALLOCATION; CARBON ACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; OPTIMAL PARTITIONING; PLANT ALLOMETRY;

ECOSYSTEM; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TREES;

EID: 84887072891     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12426     Document Type: Article

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