Leaf traits as indicators of resource-use strategy in floras with succulent species

New Phytologist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 147-157

  Vendramini, Fernanda ^a   Díaz, Sandra ^a   Gurvich, Diego E ^a   Wilson, Peter J ^b   Thompson, Ken ^a,b   Hodgson, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative ecology; Leaf thickness; Leaf water content; Plant functional types; Sclerophylly; Specific leaf area; Succulence

Indexed keywords

FLORA; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LEAF; RESOURCE USE;

ARGENTINA (FISH);

EID: 0036220313     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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