A functional analysis of the crown architecture of tropical forest Psychotria species: do species vary in light capture efficiency and consequently in carbon gain and growth?

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Oecologia

• Publication date

  2004-02-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00442-004-1496-4PMID 14767753
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