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10 Aug 2009
Spatial distribution and functional significance of leaf lamina shape in Amazonian forest trees
A. C. M. Malhado
now at: Universidade Federal de Viçosa – UFV, Av. P. H. Rolfs, S/N. Centro Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brasil
School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK
Conceived the study, collected leaf data, undertook the analysis, and wrote manuscript.
R. J. Whittaker
School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK
Orientated, reviewed and improved manuscript.
Y. Malhi
School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK
Orientated, reviewed and improved manuscript.
R. J. Ladle
School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK
Orientated, reviewed and improved manuscript.
H. ter Steege
Dept. of Plant Ecology and Biodiversity, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Contributed data.
N. Butt
School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK
Orientated, reviewed and improved manuscript.
L. E. O. C. Aragão
School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK
Contributed data.
C. A. Quesada
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK
Contributed data.
A. Murakami-Araujo
Museo Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Contributed data.
O. L. Phillips
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK
Contributed data.
J. Peacock
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK
Contributed data.
G. López-González
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK
Contributed data.
T. R. Baker
Earth and Biosphere Institute, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK
Contributed data.
L. O. Anderson
School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK
Orientated, reviewed and improved manuscript.
L. Arroyo
Museo Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Contributed data.
S. Almeida
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belem, Brazil
Contributed data.
N. Higuchi
Instituto National de Pesquisas Amazônicas, Manaus, Brazil
Contributed data.
T. J. Killeen
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Washington, DC, USA
Contributed data.
A. Monteagudo
Herbario Vargas, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Perú
Contributed data.
D. A. Neill
Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
Contributed data.
N. C. A. Pitman
Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, Durham, USA
Contributed data.
A. Prieto
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Colombia
Contributed data.
R. P. Salomão
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belem, Brazil
Contributed data.
R. Vásquez-M.
Herbario Vargas, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Perú
Contributed data.
W. F. Laurance
Instituto National de Pesquisas Amazônicas, Manaus, Brazil
Contributed data.
H. Ramírez A.
INDECOR, Facultad de Ciencias Forectales, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
Contributed data.
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