The Evolution of Plant Functional Variation: Traits, Spectra, and Strategies
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*Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, U.S.A.; †Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia; ‡Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, Maryland 21037, U.S.A.; §Landcare Research, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand; kPolish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Dendrology, Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kornik, Poland; and #Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, U.S.A.
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