Body size, geometry, longevity and metabolism: Do plant leaves behave like animal bodies

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 674-680

  Reich, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; GEOMETRY; LEAF; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM;

ALLOMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; GEOMETRY; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035576265     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02306-0     Document Type: Review

References (39)

1. Body size and metabolism
2. An absolute metabolic scope for activity
3. A general model for the origin of allometric scaling laws in biology
4. The fourth dimension of life: Fractal geometry and allometric scaling of organisms
5. Allometric scaling of plant energetic and population density
6. Size and form in efficient transportation networks
7. The scaling of plant and animal body mass, length and diameter
8. Size-dependent variations in plant growth rates and the '3/4-power rule'
9. Leaf life-span in relation to leaf, plant, and stand characteristics among diverse ecosystems
10. From tropics to tundra: Global convergence in plant functioning
11. Relationships of leaf dark respiration to leaf nitrogen, specific leaf area and leaf life-span: A test across biomes and functional groups
12. Photosynthesis and respiration rates depend on leaf and root morphology and nitrogen concentration in nine boreal tree species differing in relative growth rate
13. Scaling maximum growth rates across photosynthetic organisms
14. Regulation of water flux through tropical forest canopy trees: Do universal rules apply?
15. Asymptotic height as a predictor of photosynthetic characteristics in Malaysian rain forest trees
16. Generality of leaf traits relationships: A test across six biomes
17. Light harvesting among photosynthetic organisms
18. Invariant scaling relationships for interspecific plant biomass production rates and body size
19. Evidence that hydraulic conductance limits photosynthesis in old Pinus ponderosa trees
20. Large animals in the fast lane
21. Allometric scale laws in biology
22. Convergence and correlations among leaf size and function: A comparative test using independent contrasts
23. Comparative quantitative morphology of the mammalian lung: Diffusing area
24. Quantitative morphology of cold-blooded lungs: Amphibia and reptilia
25. A cost-benefit analysis of leaf habitat and leaf longevity of trees and their geographical pattern
26. Reconciling apparent discrepancies among studies relating life-span, structure and function of leaves in contrasting plant life forms and climates: 'The blind men and the elephant retold'
27. Comparative ecophysiology of leaf and canopy photosynthesis
28. 2 and other gases inside leaves
29. 2 transfer in the leaves of two tree species (Fagus sylvatica L. and Castanea sativa Mill.)
30. Resource availability and plant anti-herbivore defense
31. Variation among plant species in leaf turnover rates and associated traits: Implications for growth at all life stages
32. Adaptation to sun and shade: A whole plant perspective
33. Significance of leaf longevity in plants
34. Low light carbon balance and shade tolerance in the seedlings of woody plants: Do winter deciduous and broad-leaved evergreen species differ?
35. Do tall trees scale physiological heights?