Temperate Lianas Have More Acquisitive Strategies than Host Trees in Leaf and Stem Traits, but Not Root Traits
Increasingly, tropical studies based on aboveground traits have suggested that lianas have a more acquisitive strategy than trees, thereby possibly explaining the increase in lianas relative to trees in many tropical forests under global change. However, few studies have tested whether this pattern...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-12-01
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Series: | Plants |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/24/3543 |