A general integrative model for scaling plant growth, carbon flux, and functional trait spectra

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  2007-09-13

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/nature06061PMID 17851525
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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