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The balanced-growth hypothesis and the allometry of leaf and root biomass allocation

  1. B. Shipley1,*,
  2. D. Meziane2

Article first published online: 19 JUN 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00626.x

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Functional Ecology

Functional Ecology

Volume 16, Issue 3, pages 326–331, June 2002

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Shipley, B. and Meziane, D. (2002), The balanced-growth hypothesis and the allometry of leaf and root biomass allocation. Functional Ecology, 16: 326–331. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00626.x

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  1. 1

    Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada, and

  2. 2

    Département de biologie, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fès, Morocco

* †Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bshipley@courrier.usherb.ca

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  1. Issue published online: 19 JUN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 19 JUN 2002
  3. Received 28 September 2001; revised 21 January 2002; accepted 24 January 2002

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