PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY. “A true measure of their success in terrestrial environments is the capacity of leaves to endure climatic extremes between the tropics and the tundra whilst simultaneously facilitating the global scale net fixation of approx. 207 billion tonnes of CO2, 56.4 x 10(15) g C year(-1). This primary production provides energy for virtually all forms of terrestrial life on Earth, especially tetrapods and insects, and links many ecosystem and biogeochemical processes.”
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/96/3/345.full.pdf
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022