Leaf life span and the leaf economic spectrum in the context of whole plant architecture

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 328-336

  Edwards, Erika J ^a   Chatelet, David S ^a   Sack, Lawren ^b   Donoghue, Michael J ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous leaf habit; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Ecophysiology; Evolution; Leaf economic spectrum; Phylogeny; Whole plant architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894072601     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12209     Document Type: Article

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