Toward Synthesis of Relationships among Leaf Longevity, Instantaneous Photosynthetic Rate, Lifetime Leaf Carbon Gain, and the Gross Primary Production of Forests

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  2006

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2006-08-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/506954PMID 16947112
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