From tropics to tundra: Global convergence in plant functioning

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

Volumn 94, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 13730-13734

  Reich, Peter B ^a   Walters, Michael B ^b   Ellsworth, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; EVOLUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TROPIC CLIMATE; VEGETATION;

EID: 0031444677     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.25.13730     Document Type: Article

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