Demographic consequences of chromatic leaf defence in tropical tree communities: do red young leaves increase growth and survival?

BACKGROUND: Many tropical forest tree species delay greening their leaves until full expansion. This strategy is thought to provide newly flushing leaves with protection against damage by herbivores by keeping young leaves devoid of nutritive value. Because young leaves suffer the greatest predation...

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Autori principali: Queenborough, Simon A., Metz, Margaret R., Valencia, Renato, Wright, S. Joseph
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2013
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3736774/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23881717
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mct144
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