Growth-size scaling relationships of woody plant species differ from predictions of the Metabolic Ecology Model

The Metabolic Ecology Model predicts that tree diameter (D) growth (dD/dt) scales with D1/3. Using data on diameter growth and height–diameter relationships for 56 and 40 woody species, respectively, from forests throughout New Zealand, we tested one prediction and two assumptions of this model: (i)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecology letters 2007-10, Vol.10 (10), p.889-901
Hauptverfasser:	Russo, Sabrina E., Wiser, Susan K., Coomes, David A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Allometric scaling theory Ecology growth form growth-diameter scaling height-diameter scaling maximum likelihood methods metabolic model of ecology Models, Biological New Zealand New Zealand forests Reproducibility of Results Temperature tree diameter growth tree maximum height Trees - growth & development
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