Relationships among ecologically important dimensions of plant trait variation in seven neotropical forests.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Annals of Botany

• Publication date

  2007-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/AOB/MCL066PMID 16595553PMCID PMC2802905
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