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• Leaf aging of Amazonian canopy trees as revealed by spectral and physiochemical measurements.

  Chavana-Bryant C, Malhi Y, Wu J, Asner GP, Anastasiou A, Enquist BJ, Cosio Caravasi EG, Doughty CE, Saleska SR, Martin RE, Gerard FF. Chavana-Bryant C, et al. New Phytol. 2017 May;214(3):1049-1063. doi: 10.1111/nph.13853. Epub 2016 Feb 15. New Phytol. 2017. PMID: 26877108
• Scaling leaf respiration with nitrogen and phosphorus in tropical forests across two continents.

  Rowland L, Zaragoza-Castells J, Bloomfield KJ, Turnbull MH, Bonal D, Burban B, Salinas N, Cosio E, Metcalfe DJ, Ford A, Phillips OL, Atkin OK, Meir P. Rowland L, et al. New Phytol. 2017 May;214(3):1064-1077. doi: 10.1111/nph.13992. Epub 2016 May 9. New Phytol. 2017. PMID: 27159833 Free PMC article.
• Scale dependence of canopy trait distributions along a tropical forest elevation gradient.

  Asner GP, Martin RE, Anderson CB, Kryston K, Vaughn N, Knapp DE, Bentley LP, Shenkin A, Salinas N, Sinca F, Tupayachi R, Quispe Huaypar K, Montoya Pillco M, Ccori Álvarez FD, Díaz S, Enquist BJ, Malhi Y. Asner GP, et al. New Phytol. 2017 May;214(3):973-988. doi: 10.1111/nph.14068. Epub 2016 Jun 28. New Phytol. 2017. PMID: 27349599
• Convergence in relationships between leaf traits, spectra and age across diverse canopy environments and two contrasting tropical forests.

  Wu J, Chavana-Bryant C, Prohaska N, Serbin SP, Guan K, Albert LP, Yang X, van Leeuwen WJ, Garnello AJ, Martins G, Malhi Y, Gerard F, Oliviera RC, Saleska SR. Wu J, et al. New Phytol. 2017 May;214(3):1033-1048. doi: 10.1111/nph.14051. Epub 2016 Jul 6. New Phytol. 2017. PMID: 27381054
• Leaf-level photosynthetic capacity in lowland Amazonian and high-elevation Andean tropical moist forests of Peru.

  Bahar NH, Ishida FY, Weerasinghe LK, Guerrieri R, O'Sullivan OS, Bloomfield KJ, Asner GP, Martin RE, Lloyd J, Malhi Y, Phillips OL, Meir P, Salinas N, Cosio EG, Domingues TF, Quesada CA, Sinca F, Escudero Vega A, Zuloaga Ccorimanya PP, Del Aguila-Pasquel J, Quispe Huaypar K, Cuba Torres I, Butrón Loayza R, Pelaez Tapia Y, Huaman Ovalle J, Long BM, Evans JR, Atkin OK. Bahar NH, et al. New Phytol. 2017 May;214(3):1002-1018. doi: 10.1111/nph.14079. Epub 2016 Jul 8. New Phytol. 2017. PMID: 27389684
• Variation in leaf wettability traits along a tropical montane elevation gradient.

  Goldsmith GR, Bentley LP, Shenkin A, Salinas N, Blonder B, Martin RE, Castro-Ccossco R, Chambi-Porroa P, Diaz S, Enquist BJ, Asner GP, Malhi Y. Goldsmith GR, et al. New Phytol. 2017 May;214(3):989-1001. doi: 10.1111/nph.14121. Epub 2016 Jul 27. New Phytol. 2017. PMID: 27463359 Free PMC article.
• The variation of productivity and its allocation along a tropical elevation gradient: a whole carbon budget perspective.

  Malhi Y, Girardin CA, Goldsmith GR, Doughty CE, Salinas N, Metcalfe DB, Huaraca Huasco W, Silva-Espejo JE, Del Aguilla-Pasquell J, Farfán Amézquita F, Aragão LE, Guerrieri R, Ishida FY, Bahar NH, Farfan-Rios W, Phillips OL, Meir P, Silman M. Malhi Y, et al. New Phytol. 2017 May;214(3):1019-1032. doi: 10.1111/nph.14189. Epub 2016 Oct 21. New Phytol. 2017. PMID: 27768811