Leaf life span and the leaf economic spectrum in the context of whole plant architecture
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Erika J. Edwards*, David S. Chatelet, Lawren Sack and Michael J. Donoghue Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Box G-W, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208106, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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