Inherent Variation in Growth Rate Between Higher Plants: A Search for Physiological Causes and Ecological Consequences

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Relative growth rateBiologyAbiotic componentNutrientEcologySpecific leaf areaGrowth rateHabitatRespirationPhotosynthesisBotany

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Year: 1992
Type: book-chapter
Pages: 187-261
Citations: 1215
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                                    Hans Lambers, 
                                
                                    Hendrik Poorter
                                
                            (1992). 
                            Inherent Variation in Growth Rate Between Higher Plants: A Search for Physiological Causes and Ecological Consequences. 
                            Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research
                            
                            , 187-261.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-2504(08)60148-8

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DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2504(08)60148-8