Lifetime return on investment increases with leaf lifespan among 10 Australian woodland species.

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  2012

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  New Phytologist

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  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03940.xPMID 22066906
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