A framework for understanding the relationship between environment and vegetation based on the surface area to volume ratio of leaves

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Functional Ecology

• Publication date

  2000-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1046/J.1365-2435.2000.00438.X
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