Is mass-based metabolism rate proportional to surface area in plant leaves? A data re-analysis

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-681

  Jin, Dongmei ^a   Dai, Yiqiang ^a   Sun, Li ^a   Sun, Shucun ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biome; Leaf; Photosynthesis; Plant; Respiration; Scaling; Specificleaf area

Indexed keywords

BIOME; LEAF AREA; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; RAINFOREST; RESPIRATION; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF;

ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 45249108297     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00674.x     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Atkin OK, Bruhn D, Hurry VM, Tjoelker MG (2005). The hot and cold: unraveling the variable response of plant respiration to temperature. Funct. Plant Biol. 32, 87-105.
2. Atkin OK, Tjoelker MG (2003). Thermal acclimation and the dynamic response of plant respiration to temperature. Trends Plant Sci. 8, 343-351.
3. Cates SE, Gittleman JL (1997). Reading between the lines - is allometric scaling useful?Trends Ecol. Evol. 12, 338-339.
4. Chabot BF, Hicks DJ (1982). The ecology of leaf life span. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 13, 229-259.
5. Chapin FS III, Körner C (Eds.) (1995). Arctic and Alpine Biodiversity: Patterns, Causes and Ecosystem Consequences. Springer, Heidelberg.
6. Enquist BJ, Brown JH, West GB (1998). Allometric scaling of plant energetics and population density. Nature 395, 163-165.
7. Falster DS, Warton DI, Wright IJ (2003). (S)MATR: Standardized major axis tests and routines. http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/ecology/SMATR/.
8. Friend AD, Woodward FI (1990). Evolutionary and ecophysiological responses of mountain plants to the growing environment. Adv. Ecol. Res. 20, 59-124.
9. Givnish TJ (2002). Adaptive significance of evergreen vs. deciduous leaves: Solving the triple paradox. Silva Fenn. 36, 703-743.
10. Grubb PJ (2002). Leaf form and function-towards a radical new approach. New Phytol. 155, 317-320.
11. Harper JJ (1981). The concept of population in modular organisms. In: May RM, ed. Theoretical Ecology, 2nd edn. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. pp. 53-77.
12. He JS, Wang ZH, Wang XP, Schmid B, Zuo WY, Zhou M et al. (2006). A test of the generality of leaf trait relationships on the Tibetan Plateau. New Phytol. 170, 835-848.
13. Kikuzawa K (1991). A cost-benefit analysis of leaf habitat and leaf longevity of trees and their geographical pattern. Am. Nat. 138, 1250-1263.
14. Körner C (1999). Alpine Plant Life: Functional Plant Ecology of High Mountain Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
15. Kozlowski J, Weiner J (1997). Interspecific allometries are by-products of body size optimization. Am. Nat. 149, 352-380.
16. Lambers H, Poorter H (1992). Inherent variation in growth-rate between higher-plants- a search for physiological causes and ecological consequences. Adv. Ecol. Res. 23, 187-261.
17. Larigauderie A, Körner C (1995). Acclimation of leaf dark respiration to temperature in alpine and lowland plant-species. Ann. Bot. London 76, 245-252.
18. Li HT, Han XG, Wu JG (2005). Lack of evidence for 3/4 scaling of metabolism in terrestrial plants. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 47, 1173-1183.
19. Loveys BR, Atkinson LJ, Sherlock DJ, Roberts RL, Fitter AH, Atkin OK (2003). Thermal acclimation of leaf and root respiration: An investigation comparing inherently fast-and slow-growing plant species. Glob. Change Biol. 9, 895-910.
20. Niinemets U, Kull K (2003). Leaf structure vs. nutrient relationships vary with soil conditions in temperate shrubs and trees. Acta Oecol. 24, 209-219.
21. Pitman EJG (1939). A note on normal correlation. Biometrika 31, 9-12.
22. Reich PB (2001). Body size, geometry, longevity and metabolism: Do plant leaves behave like animal bodies?Trends Ecol. Evol. 16, 674-680.
23. Reich PB, Ellsworth DS, Walters MB (1998a). Leaf structure (specific leaf area) modulates photosynthesis-nitrogen relations: Evidence from within and across species and functional groups. Funct. Ecol. 12, 948-958.
24. Reich PB, Ellsworth DS, Walters MB, Vose JM, Gresham C, Volin JC et al. (1999). Generality of leaf trait relationships: A test across six biomes. Ecology 80, 1955-1969.
25. Reich PB, Walters MB, Ellsworth DS (1997). From tropics to tundra: global convergence in plant functioning. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 13730-13734.
26. Reich PB, Walters MB, Ellsworth DS, Vose JM (1998b). Relationships of leaf dark respiration to leaf nitrogen, specific leaf area and leaf life-span -a test across biomes and functional groups. Oecologia 114, 471-482.
27. Rubner M (1883). Die Vertretungswerthe der hauptsächlichsten organischen Nahrungsstoffe im Thierkörper. Z. Biol. 19, 536-562.
28. Ryan MG (1995). Foliar maintenance respiration of sub-alpine and boreal trees and shrubs in relation to nitrogen-content. Plant Cell Environ. 18, 765-772.
29. Shipley B, Vile D, Garnier E, Wright IJ, Poorter H (2005). Functional linkages between leaf traits and net photosynthetic rate: Reconciling empical and mechanistic models. Funct. Ecol. 19, 602-615.
30. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1995). Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research, 3rd edn. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York.
31. Sprugel DG, Hinckley TM, Schaap W (1991). The theory and practice of branch autonomy. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 22, 309-334.
32. Walters MB, Kruger EL, Reich PB (1993). Relative growth-rate in relation to physiological and morphological traits for northern hardwood tree seedlings-species, light environment and ontogenic considerations. Oecologia 96, 219-231.
33. Walters MB, Reich PB (1996). Are shade tolerance, survival, and growth linked?Low light and, nitrogen effects on hardwood seedlings. Ecology 77, 841-853.
34. Warton DI, Weber NC (2002). Common slope tests for bivariate errors-in-variables models. Biom. J. 44, 161-174.
35. West GB, Brown JH, Enquist BJ (1997). A general model for the origin of allometric scaling laws in biology. Science 276, 122-126.
36. West GB, Brown JH, Enquist BJ (1999). A general model for the structure and allometry of plant vascular systems. Nature 400, 644-667.
37. Westoby M, Wright IJ (2003). The leaf size-twig size spectrum and its relationship to other important spectra of variation among species. Oecologia 135, 621-628.
38. White CR, Seymour RS (2005). Allometric scaling of mammalian metabolism. J. Exp. Biol. 208, 1611-1619.
39. Wright IJ, Reich PB, Cornelissen JHC, Falster DS, Garnier E, Hikosaka K et al. (2005a). Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships. New Phytol. 166, 485-496.
40. Wright IJ, Reich PB, Cornelissen JHC, Falster DS, Groom PK, Hikosaka K et al. (2005b). Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 14, 411-421.
41. Wright IJ, Reich PB, Westoby M (2001). Strategy-shifts in leaf physiology, structure and nutrient content between species of high and low rainfall, and high and low nutrient habitats. Funct. Ecol. 15, 423-434.
42. Wright IJ, Reich PB, Westoby M, Ackerly DD, Baruch Z, Bongers F et al. (2004). The worldwide leaf economics spectrum. Nature 428, 821-827.
43. Wright IJ, Westoby M (2002). Leaves at low versus high rainfall: coordination of structure, lifespan and physiology. New Phytol. 155, 403-416.
44. Wright TJ, Reich PB, Atkin OK, Lusk CH, Tjoelker MG, Westby M (2006). Irradiance, temperature and rainfall influence leaf dark respiration in woody plants: Evidence from comparisons across 20 sites. New Phytol. 169, 309-319.