Functional design space of single-veined leaves: Role of tissue hydraulic properties in constraining leaf size and shape

Annals of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-513

  Zwieniecki, Maciej A ^a   Boyce, C Kevin ^b   Holbrook, N Michele ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional design space; Leaf hydraulics; Leaf shape; Leaf size; Leaves; Morphospace

Indexed keywords

LEAF MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SWEATING;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS;

EID: 16544376051     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch173     Document Type: Article

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