Best of Both Worlds: Simultaneous High-Light and Shade-Tolerance Adaptations within Individual Leaves of the Living Stone Lithops aucampiae

Katie J. Field; Rachel George; Brian Fearn; W. Paul Quick; Matthew P. Davey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075671

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Best of Both Worlds: Simultaneous High-Light and Shade-Tolerance Adaptations within Individual Leaves of the Living Stone Lithops aucampiae

Katie J. Field,

Affiliation Animal and Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Rachel George,

Affiliation Animal and Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Brian Fearn,

Affiliation Abbey Brook Cactus Nursery, Matlock, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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W. Paul Quick,

Affiliation Animal and Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Matthew P. Davey

* E-mail: mpd39@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Street, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Best of Both Worlds: Simultaneous High-Light and Shade-Tolerance Adaptations within Individual Leaves of the Living Stone Lithops aucampiae

Katie J. Field,
Rachel George,
Brian Fearn,
W. Paul Quick,
Matthew P. Davey

Published: October 23, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075671

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Best of Both Worlds: Simultaneous High-Light and Shade-Tolerance Adaptations within Individual Leaves of the Living Stone Lithops aucampiae

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