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Title: Widespread variation in functional trait–vital rate relationships in tropical tree seedlings across a precipitation and soil phosphorus gradient
Award ID(s):
1845403 1754668 1754632
NSF-PAR ID:
10407091
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Functional Ecology
Volume:
37
Issue:
2
ISSN:
0269-8463
Page Range / eLocation ID:
248 to 260
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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