Allometry and partitioning of above-and below-ground biomass are needed to evaluate the
sustainability of arid ecosystems. Biomass accumulation, allocation patterns, and allometric …

Abstract Knowledge of the biomass allometry and partitioning is essential for understanding
shrub adaptive strategies to degraded habitats as well as for estimating organic carbon …

Data on tree biomass are essential for evaluating carbon sequestration cycling, plant
adaptations to the environment and also for studying impacts of silvicultural practices on …

We developed and compared allometric equations describing leaf, branch, and fruit biomass
at the branch level, and leaf, branch, fruit and coarse root biomass at the whole plant level …

Annuals are an important component of herbaceous layer in summer and autumn in the
Gurbantunggut Desert, China. In this study, four annuals (Salsola ruthenica Iljin, …

Six dominant herbs, including two ephemeral plants (Nepeta micrantha and Hyalea
pulchella), two ephemeroids (Eremurus inderiensis and Scorzonera pusilla) and two annual …

The allometric relationship among different functional traits is an ecological strategy for
plants to promote resource utilization, which indicates the ability of plants to adapt to …

Allometric model has been applied worldwide to estimate vegetation biomass for decades.
However, this model fails to restrict the accelerating increase of biomass as body size grows …

Allometric models are useful for assessment of aboveground net primary productivity
(ANPP) and aboveground biomass (AGB) of forests and shrubs, and are widely …

Allometry reflects the quantitative relationship between the allocation of resources among
different organs. Understanding pa erns of forest biomass allocation is critical to …