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Nature 444, 539-241 (30 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/444539a; Published online 29 November 2006
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Plantecology: The cost of leafing
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Abstract
Understanding the trade-offs involved for plants making leaves promises fresh insights on every scale from the plant to the planet, finds John Whitfield
There are about 250,000 different types of plant — and almost as many types of leaf, from blades of grass through downy beech leaves to the needles of cedars or the fronds of palms. But the differences hide a basic similarity, says ecologist Ian Wright of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
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