Leaf size and foraging for light in a sclerophyll woodland

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 633-639

  Bragg, J G ^a   Westoby, M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging scale; Leaf size; Light; Plant metabolism

Indexed keywords

LEAF; LIGHT; METABOLISM; RESOURCE USE; SIZE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036792312     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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