Abstract
We aim
• to start by depicting habitats and plants physiognomically,
• to deduce problems from such observations in the field as are suited for physiological, biochemical and biophysical and perhaps even molecular experimentation in the laboratory, and
• to return from the laboratory to the field with increasingly sophisticated technologies for measurements and analyses applicable to field conditions.
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(2008). Introduction. In: Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71793-5_1
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