Why are young leaves red?

Oikos

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 163-176

  Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a   Lucas, Peter W ^b   Ramsden, Lawrence W ^b   Riba Hernandez, Pablo ^c   Stoner, Kathryn E ^d   Turner, Ian M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^e SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; LEAF;

EID: 0036348763     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.980117.x     Document Type: Review

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