Global leaf trait estimates biased due to plasticity in the shade

Nature Plants

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Keenan, Trevor F ^a   Niinemets, Ülo ^b,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

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EID: 85006827193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.201     Document Type: Letter

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