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A theoretical framework for whole-plant carbon assimilation efficiency based on metabolic scaling theory: a test case using Picea seedlings

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Molecular data and ecological niche modelling reveal the phylogeographic pattern ofCotinus coggygria(Anacardiaceae) in China's warm-temperate zone

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Temperature drives global patterns in forest biomass distribution in leaves, stems, and roots

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Biogeographic variation in evergreen conifer needle longevity and impacts on boreal forest carbon cycle projections

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Sensitivity of growth and biomass allocation patterns to increasing nitrogen: a comparison between ephemerals and annuals in the Gurbantunggut Desert, north-western China

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Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean-type shrubland in South Africa

(2012) A. G. West et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Insights into plant size-density relationships from models and agricultural crops

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Models and tests of optimal density and maximal yield for crop plants

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Isometric biomass partitioning pattern in forest ecosystems: evidence from temporal observations during stand development

(2011) Yuanhe Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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Fruit and seed heteromorphism in the cold desert annual ephemeral Diptychocarpus strictus (Brassicaceae) and possible adaptive significance

(2010) Juanjuan Lu et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Soil carbon stock and its changes in northern China's grasslands from 1980s to 2000s

(2010) YUANHE YANG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mixed-power scaling of whole-plant respiration from seedlings to giant trees

(2010) S. Mori et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The effect of three environmental conditions on the fitness of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-mediated permethrin resistance in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus

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Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

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Role of desert annuals in nutrient flow in arid area of Northwestern China: a nutrient reservoir and provider

(2008) Bao-Ming Chen et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Above- and below-ground response byNothofagus pumilioto climatic conditions at the transition from the steppe–forest boundary to the alpine treeline in southern Patagonia, Argentina

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