Convergent effects of elevation on functional leaf traits within and among species
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Convergent effects of elevation on functional leaf traits within and among species Quentin D. Read*, Leigh C. Moorhead, Nathan G. Swenson, Joseph K. Bailey and Nathan J. Sanders Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996 USA; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado, 81224 USA; and Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824 USA
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