Resource Limitation in Plants-An Economic Analogy
Annual Review of Ecology and SystematicsPublished 1 November 1985
Arnold J. Bloom, F. Stuart Chapin, Harold A. Mooney
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Revue bibliographique suggerant que, au moins pour la croissance vegetative les plantes fonctionnent conformement aux theoremes economiques: optimiser les profits and repartir de facon optimale les ressources.
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