Scaling, energetics and diversity

Robert J. Whittaker ()
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Robert J. Whittaker: School of Geography, University of Oxford

Nature, 1999, vol. 401, issue 6756, 865-866

Abstract: The decline of growth rate with increasing size and lifespan is one of the few universal laws in ecology. Now, a theoretical growth law for trees has been combined with field measurements to show that rainforest species with different ecological strategies can still attain the same optimal use of energy.

Date: 1999
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