Convergent Evolution towards High Net Carbon Gain Efficiency Contributes to the Shade Tolerance of Palms (Arecaceae)

• Ren-Yi Ma,

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Jiao-Lin Zhang,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China

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• Molly A. Cavaleri,

  Affiliation School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America

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• Frank Sterck,

  Affiliation Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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• Joeri S. Strijk,

  Affiliation Plant Ecophysiology and Evolution Group, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, and College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

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• Kun-Fang Cao

  * E-mail: kunfangcao@gxu.edu.cn

  Affiliation Plant Ecophysiology and Evolution Group, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, and College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

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