A species-level model for metabolic scaling in trees I. Exploring boundaries to scaling space within and across species
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I. Exploring boundaries to scaling space within and across species John S. Sperry*, Duncan D. Smith, Van M. Savage, Brian J. Enquist, Katherine A. McCulloh, Peter B. Reich, Lisa P. Bentley and Erica I. von Allmen Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112 USA; Department of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095 USA; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095 USA; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721 USA; Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331 USA; Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108 USA; and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales, 2751 Australia
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