Allometric scaling of plant life history

richard submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.pnas.org)

Plant mortality and birth rates are critical components of plant life history affecting the stability of plant populations and the ecosystems they form. Although allometric theory predicts that both plant birth and mortality rates should be size-dependent, this prediction has not yet been tested across plants ranging the full size spectrum.

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