Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2013-12-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1315179111PMID 24379395PMCID PMC3896207
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