Growth and hydraulic (not mechanical) constraints govern the scaling of tree height and mass.

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2004-11-02

• Fields of study

  Biology, Mathematics, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1073/PNAS.0405857101PMID 15505224PMCID PMC524850
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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