Coordination of physiological and structural traits in Amazon forest trees

Many plant traits covary in a non-random manner reflecting interdependencies associated with "ecological strategy" dimensions. To understand how plants integrate their structural and physiological investments, data on leaf and leaflet size and the ratio of leaf area to sapwood area (&a...

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Main Authors: S. Patiño, N. M. Fyllas, T. R. Baker, R. Paiva, C. A. Quesada, A. J. B. Santos, M. Schwarz, H. ter Steege, O. L. Phillips, J. Lloyd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-02-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/775/2012/bg-9-775-2012.pdf