Why functional ecology should consider all plant organs: An allocation-based perspective

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Kleyer, Michael ^a   Minden, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allocation; Functional traits; Plant functional ecology; Response and effect; Stoichiometry; Trait correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930040112     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2014.11.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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