Plant interactions alter the predictions of metabolic scaling theory.

Metabolic scaling theory (MST) is an attempt to link physiological processes of individual organisms with macroecology. It predicts a power law relationship with an exponent of -4/3 between mean individual biomass and density during density-dependent mortality (self-thinning). Empirical tests have p...

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Main Authors: Yue Lin, Uta Berger, Volker Grimm, Franka Huth, Jacob Weiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3584043?pdf=render