The world-wide 'fast-slow' plant economics spectrum: A traits manifesto

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 275-301

  Reich, Peter B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecophysiology; Leaf; Light; Nutrient; Phylogeny; Root; Stem; Strategy; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894042419     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12211     Document Type: Article

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