The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  2014-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.12211
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