Generality of leaf trait relationships: A test across six biomes

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1955-1969

  Reich, Peter B ^a   Ellsworth, David S ^b   Walters, Michael B ^c   Vose, James M ^d   Gresham, Charles ^e   Volin, John C ^f   Bowman, William D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^e CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; Desert; Leaf diffusive conductance; Leaf life span; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Scaling; Specific leaf area; Temperate forest; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CONVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

EID: 0032825099     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1955:GOLTRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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