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  1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, Private Bag 92019, New Zealand

    Kevin S. Gould

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, and Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida, 33199, USA

    David N. Kuhn, David W. Lee & Steven F. Oberbauer

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Gould, K., Kuhn, D., Lee, D. et al. Why leaves are sometimes red. Nature 378, 241–242 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/378241b0

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