Significance of leaf longevity in plants

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-45

  Kikuzawa, Kihachiro ^a,b   Ackerly, David ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit model; Leaf life span; Shoot; Supporting costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032994035     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-1984.1999.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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