Atmospheric CO2 records indicate that the land surface has acted as a strong global carbon sink over recent decades, with a substantial fraction of this sink likely located in the tropics, particularl
ABSTRACT The growth-survival trade-off hypothesis states that functional traits of stem, wood, leaves and fruits govern acquisitive and conservative strategies of plant species that grow/survive diffe
Measurements of leaf carbon and nitrogen content collected from 68 tropical tree species. Data includes leaves collected from fully sunlit and shaded canopy strata as well as leaves for young, mature,