Why trees and shrubs but rarely trubs?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 433-434

  Scheffer, Marten ^a   Vergnon, Remi ^a,b   Cornelissen, J Hans C ^c   Hantson, Stijn ^d   Holmgren, Milena ^a   van Nes, Egbert H ^a   Xu, Chi ^a,e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GROWTH FORM; SHRUB; WOODY PLANT;

ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TREES;

EID: 84904430653     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.06.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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