Predicting Maximum Tree Heights and Other Traits from Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations

Christopher P. Kempes; Geoffrey B. West; Kelly Crowell; Michelle Girvan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020551

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Predicting Maximum Tree Heights and Other Traits from Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations

Christopher P. Kempes ,

* E-mail: ckempes@mit.edu

Affiliations Department of Earth Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
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Geoffrey B. West,

Affiliation The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
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Kelly Crowell,

Affiliation Portage, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
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Michelle Girvan

Affiliations The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, Department of Physics and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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Predicting Maximum Tree Heights and Other Traits from Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations

Christopher P. Kempes,
Geoffrey B. West,
Kelly Crowell,
Michelle Girvan

Published: June 13, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020551

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