Global-scale climatic controls of leaf dry mass per area, density, and thickness in trees and shrubs

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 453-469

  Niinemets, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aridity; Elastic modulus; Foliar water relations; Leaf construction cost; Leaf density; Leaf thickness; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DRY MATTER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0035122094     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0453:GSCCOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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