A major trade-off between structural and photosynthetic investments operative across plant and needle ages in three Mediterranean pines
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DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx139
Abstract: Pine (Pinus) species exhibit extensive variation in needle shape and size between juvenile (primary) and adult (secondary) needles (heteroblasty), but few studies have quantified the changes in needle morphological, anatomical and chemical traits upon juvenile-to-adult… read more here.
Keywords: mediterranean pines; adult; plant; juvenile ... See more keywords