Spatial distribution and functional significance of leaf lamina shape in Amazonian forest trees

Spatial distribution and functional significance of leaf lamina shape in Amazonian forest trees

Leaves in tropical forests come in an enormous variety of sizes and shapes, each of which can be ultimately viewed as an adaptation to the complex problem of optimising the capture of light for photosynthesis. However, the fact that many different shape "strategies" coexist within...

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Main Authors: A. C. M. Malhado, R. J. Whittaker, Y. Malhi, R. J. Ladle, H. ter Steege, N. Butt, L. E. O. C. Aragão, C. A. Quesada, A. Murakami-Araujo, O. L. Phillips, J. Peacock, G. López-González, T. R. Baker, L. O. Anderson, L. Arroyo, S. Almeida, N. Higuchi, T. J. Killeen, A. Monteagudo, D. A. Neill, N. C. A. Pitman, A. Prieto, R. P. Salomão, R. Vásquez-M., W. F. Laurance, H. Ramírez A.
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Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-08-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/1577/2009/bg-6-1577-2009.pdf

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