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Department of Plant Sciences

 

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Grubb, P.J., Jackson, R.V., Barberis, I.M., Bee, J.N., Coomes, D.A., Dominy, N.J., De la Fuente, M.A.S., Lucas, P.W., Metcalfe, D.J., Svenning, J.-C., Turner, I.M. & Vargas, O. (2008) Monocot leaves are eaten less than dicot leaves in tropical lowland rain forests: correlations with toughness and leaf presentation. Annals of Botany 101, 1379-1389.

Dominy, N.J., Grubb, P.J., Jackson, R.V., Lucas, P.W., Metcalfe, D.J., Svenning, J.-C. & Turner, I.M. (2008) In tropical lowland rain forests monocots have tougher leaves than dicots, and include a new kind of tough leaf. Annals of Botany 101, 1363-1377.

Grubb, P.J. & Jackson, R.V. (2007) The adaptive value of young leaves being tightly folded or rolled on monocotyledons in tropical lowland rain forest: an hypothesis in two parts. Plant Ecology 192, 317-327.

Jankowska-Blaszczuk, M. & Grubb, P.J (2006) Changing perspectives on the role of the soil seed bank in northern temperate deciduous forests and in tropical lowland rain forests: parallels and contrasts. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 8, 3-21.

Grubb, P.J., Coomes, D.A. & Metcalfe, D.J. (2005) Comment on A brief history of seed size. Science, 310, 783a.

Grubb, P.J. (2005) The impact of nutrient supply on the kind of vegetation found in the western semi-deserts of southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59, 79-80.

Bloor, J.M.G. & Grubb, P.J. (2004) Morphological plasticity of shade-tolerant tropical rainforest tree seedlings exposed to light changes. Functional Ecology 18, 337-348.

Grubb, P.J., Stow, E.A. & Walters, S.M. (2004) 100 Years of Plant Sciences in Cambridge: 1904-2004. Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge University.

Investigative Plant Ecology, retired
Professor Peter  Grubb

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