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Annals of Botany 90: 485-488, 2002
© 2002 Annals of Botany Company

A Modern Tool for Classical Plant Growth Analysis

R. HUNT*,1, D. R. CAUSTON2, B. SHIPLEY3 and A. P. ASKEW1

1 Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK; 2 Institute of Biological Sciences, Cledwyn Building, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3DD, UK and 3 Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1

* For correspondence. Fax +44 (0)114 222 0002, e-mail r.hunt{at}shef.ac.uk

Received: 27 March 2002; Returned for revision: 21 May 2002; Accepted: 18 June 2002

We present an all-inclusive software tool for dealing with the essential core of mathematical and statistical calculations in plant growth analysis. The tool calculates up to six of the most fundamental growth parameters according to a purely ‘classical’ approach across one harvest-interval. All of the estimates carry standard errors and 95 % confidence limits. The tool is written in Microsoft® Excel 2000 and is available free of charge for use in teaching and research from www.aob.oupjournals.org article supplementary data (http://aob.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/90/4/485/DC1).

Key words: Relative growth rate, unit leaf rate, net assimilation rate, specific leaf area, leaf weight fraction, leaf area ratio, allometry.


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