Leaf structure and anatomy as related to leaf mass per area variation in seedlings of a wide range of woody plant species and types

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 476-486

  Castro Diez P ^a,b   Puyravaud, J P ^b   Cornelissen, J H C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leaf density; Leaf habit; Leaf thickness; Life form; Taxonomic relatedness analysis

Indexed keywords

LEAF MORPHOLOGY; SEEDLING; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 0033796160     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008873     Document Type: Article

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