Though the phenomenon was known in Goethe’s time, research didn’t start in earnest for another century.
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Erin Zimmerman
Tree root dynamics in mountain forests
Mountain forests are important ecosystems subject to extreme climate conditions. Soil buffers root systems against variations in the weather, but we know little of how climate affects tree root growth and mortality...
Alex Assiry
Leaf size and altitude
Leaf size is extremely variable among species and the reasons for this are still not fully understood. Milla & Reich analyse how leaf size reduction with increasing altitude is modulated by variation in traits that...
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