Leaf shape and venation pattern alter the support investments within leaf lamina in temperate species: A neglected source of leaf physiological differentiation?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-40

  Niinemets, U ^a,b   Portsmuth, A ^a   Tobias, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Economics of support; Leaf life span; Leaf shape; Leaf size; Leaf structure; Nitrogen content; Support costs

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EID: 33846212217     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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