Abstract
Despite the elimination of the original forest and frequent cultivation using slash and burn, a large spread in leaf δ13C was recorded in weeds, crops, and bush fallow species, reflecting a forest environment rather than a broken canopy or open environment.
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Acknowledgments: We thank Mark Newman and Kate Armstrong, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Peter van Welzen, and Frits Adema, Herbarium Leiden, and Gaby Schmelzer, Wageningen University, for dedicated help with plant identification.
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De Rouw, A., Maxwell, J.F. & Girardin, C. Foliar δ13C values, photosynthetic pathway and functional type for 238 common species on farm land and disturbed forest in Laos. Photosynthetica 53, 154–156 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-015-0081-x
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