Balancing the costs of carbon gain and water transport: Testing a new theoretical framework for plant functional ecology

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-91

  Prentice, I Colin ^a,b   Dong, Ning ^a   Gleason, Sean M ^a   Maire, Vincent ^a   Wright, Ian J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aridity; Nitrogen; Optimality; Photosynthesis; Plant functional traits; Stable isotopes; Stomatal conductance; Temperature; Transpiration; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LETTER; METABOLISM; OPTIMALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; PLANT LEAF; STABLE ISOTOPES; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

ARIDITY; NITROGEN; OPTIMALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPIRATION; VISCOSITY;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS;

EID: 84890562797     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12211     Document Type: Article

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