Interspecific differences in whole-plant respiration vs. biomass scaling relationships: A case study using evergreen conifer and angiosperm tree seedlings

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 617-623

  Cheng, Dongliang ^a,b   Niklas, Karl J ^c   Zhong, Quanlin ^a   Yang, Yusheng ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^b  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass allocation; Interspecific respiration scaling; Intraspecific respiration scaling; Leaf; Phyletically affiliation; WBE model

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; BODY MASS; DATA SET; EVERGREEN TREE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; SEEDLING;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CUPRESSACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAURACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

BIOMASS; CUPRESSACEAE; LAURACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84898725051     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300360     Document Type: Article

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