In China, most of the subtropical evergreen broadleaved primary forests have degraded to secondary forests and shrubs8. Due to aggravated global climate change and habitat loss caused by human activities, the rate of species extinctions has been increasing more and more rapidly. Thus, improving ...
shrubs on which leaves lost their green colour at least partially before dropping, we obtained an estimate of how long individual leaves remained on the plant in a partially non-green condition. We assumed that on any given shoot, no leaf fell before it ceased to be wholly green. Thus, ...