Adaptive significance of evergreen vs. deciduous leaves: Solving the triple paradox

Silva Fennica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 703-743

  Givnish, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous trees; Evergreens; Leaf longevity; Optimality models; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE; TRANSPIRATION;

STEM ALLOMETRY;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF; LONGEVITY; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOLOGY;

LARIX;

EID: 0036401512     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.535     Document Type: Article

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