Convergent Vessel Diameter–stem Diameter Scaling across Five Clades of New and Old World Eudicots from Desert to Rain Forest
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*Instituto de Biologı́a, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito s/n de Ciudad Universitaria, México DF 04510, Mexico; †Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia; ‡Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Escolar s/n de Ciudad Universitaria, México DF 04510, Mexico; §Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, MSN 5F2, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA; kSection of Evolution and Ecology, 2320 Storer Hall, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA; and #Laboratoire de Botanique Évolutive, Institut de Biologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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