Do we underestimate the importance of leaf size in plant economics? Disproportional scaling of support costs within the spectrum of leaf physiognomy

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-303

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a,b   Portsmuth, Angelika ^a   Tena, David ^c   Tobias, Mari ^a   Matesanz, Silvia ^c   Valladares, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon percentage; Dry mass per unit area; Leaf density; Leaf size; Nitrogen percentage; Support costs

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; WATER;

BIOMASS; CARBON; DRY MATTER; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF;

ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

EID: 34547766971     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm107     Document Type: Article

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