Testing the Growth Rate Hypothesis in Vascular Plants with Above- and Below-Ground Biomass

Qiang Yu; Honghui Wu; Nianpeng He; Xiaotao Lü; Zhiping Wang; James J. Elser; Jianguo Wu; Xingguo Han

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032162

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Testing the Growth Rate Hypothesis in Vascular Plants with Above- and Below-Ground Biomass

Qiang Yu ,

* E-mail: turfyu@gmail.com (QY); xghan@ibcas.ac.cn (XH)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Honghui Wu,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Nianpeng He,

Affiliation Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xiaotao Lü,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhiping Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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James J. Elser,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Jianguo Wu,

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Sino-US Center for Conservation, Energy and Sustainability Science (SUCCESS), Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
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Xingguo Han

* E-mail: turfyu@gmail.com (QY); xghan@ibcas.ac.cn (XH)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Testing the Growth Rate Hypothesis in Vascular Plants with Above- and Below-Ground Biomass

Qiang Yu,
Honghui Wu,
Nianpeng He,
Xiaotao Lü,
Zhiping Wang,
James J. Elser,
Jianguo Wu,
Xingguo Han

Published: March 13, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032162

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