The Adaptive Value of Young Leaves Being Tightly Folded or Rolled on Monocotyledons in Tropical Lowland Rain Forest: An Hypothesis in Two Parts
In tropical lowland rain forest, we find that species with the leaves tightly folded or rolled until they reach at least 50% of final length occur in 10 of the 15 monocot families with > 100 species, and in 12 of the 24 monocot families with <100 species, but in only seven of the 212 dicot fam...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Plant Ecology. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 192(2007), 2, Seite 317-327 |
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| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Plant Ecology |
| Schlagworte: | Herbivory Leaves Monocots Plant defences Tropical rain forest Biological sciences Physical sciences |
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