A common genetic basis to the origin of the leaf economics spectrum and metabolic scaling allometry

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1149-1157

  Vasseur, François ^a   Violle, Cyrille ^b,c   Enquist, Brian J ^b,d   Granier, Christine ^a   Vile, Denis ^a  

^a UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Flowering time; Functional trait; Growth rate; Leaf economics spectrum; Life history; Metabolic scaling theory; Net photosynthetic rate; Plant allometry; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84931748958     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01839.x     Document Type: Article

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