Leaf size and leaf display of thirty-eight tropical tree species

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-46

  Poorter, Lourens ^a,b   Rozendaal, Danaë M A ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation; Foraging; Internode; Leaf size; Light; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY; LIGHT EFFECT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; BOLIVIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; BOLIVIA; LIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 53549093023     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1131-x     Document Type: Article

References (74)

1. Ackerly DD (1996) Canopy structure and dynamics: integration of growth processes in tropical pioneer trees. In: Mulkey SS, Chazdon RL, Smith AP (eds) Tropical forest plant physiology. Chapman & Hall, London, pp 619-658
2. DD Ackerly MJ Donoghue 1998 Leaf size, sapling allometry, and Corner's rules: phylogeny and correlated evolution in maples (Acer) Am Nat 152 767 791
3. FA Bazzaz 1979 Physiological ecology of plant succession Annu Rev Ecol Syst 10 351 371
4. Bongers F, Popma J (1988) Is exposure-related variation in leaf characteristics of tropical rain forest species adaptive? In: Werger MJA, van der Aart PJM, During HJ, Verhoeven JTA (eds) Plant form and vegetation structure. SPB, The Hague, pp 191-200
5. JG Bragg M Westoby 2002 Leaf size and foraging for light in a sclerophyll woodland Funct Ecol 16 633 639
6. DB Clark DA Clark PM Rich 1993 Comparative analysis of microhabitat utilization by saplings of nine tree species in neotropical rain forest Biotropica 25 397 407
7. Coley PD (1983) Herbivory and defence characteristics of tree species in a lowland tropical forest. Ecol Monogr 53:209-233
8. JHC Cornelissen 1999 A triangular relationship between leaf size and seed size among woody species: allometry, ontogeny, ecology and taxonomy Oecologia 118 248 255
9. EJH Corner 1949 The Durian theory or the origin of the modern tree Ann Bot 13 367 414
10. SJ Davies PA Palmiotto PS Ashton HS Lee JV Lafrankie 1998 Comparative ecology of 11 sympatric species of Macaranga in Borneo: tree distribution in relation to horizontal and vertical resource heterogeneity J Ecol 86 662 673
11. Dawkins HC, Field DRB (1978) A long-term surveillance system for British woodland vegetation. Department of Forestry, Oxford University, Oxford
12. DS Falster M Westoby 2003 Leaf size and angle vary widely across species: what consequences for light interception? New Phytol 158 509 525
13. DS Falster M Westoby 2005 Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia J Ecol 93 521 535
14. CR Fonseca JM Overton B Collins 2000 Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients J Ecol 88 964 977
15. D Galvez RW Pearcy 2003 Petiole twisting in the crowns of Psychotria limonensis: implications for light interception and daily carbon gain Oecologia 135 22 29
16. Givnish TJ (1984) Leaf and canopy adaptations in tropical forests. In: Medina E, Mooney HA, Vasquez-Yanes C (eds) Physiological ecology of plants in the wet tropics. Junk, The Hague, pp 51-84
17. TJ Givnish 1988 Adaptation to sun and shade-a whole-plant perspective Aust J Plant Physiol 15 63 92
18. Harper JL (1985) Modules, branches, and the capture of resources. In: Jackson JBC, Buss LW, Cook RE (eds) Population biology and evolution of clonal organisms. Yale University press, New Haven, pp 1-33
19. Horn HS (1971) The adaptive geometry of trees. Princeton University Press, Princeton
20. H Huber A Fijan HJ During 1998 A comparative study of spacer plasticity in erect and stoloniferous herbs Oikos 81 576 586
21. MJ Hutchings H de Kroon 1994 Foraging in plants: the role of morphological plasticity in resource acquisition Adv Ecol Res 25 160 238
22. HC Keeling OL Phillips 2007 A calibration method for the crown illumination index for assessing forest light environments For Ecol Manage 242 431 437
23. K Kikuzawa 1991 A cost-benefit-analysis of leaf habit and leaf longevity of trees and their geographical pattern Am Nat 138 1250 1263
24. DA King 1991 Correlations between biomass allocation, relative growth rate and light environment in tropical forest saplings Funct Ecol 5 485 492
25. DA King 1998 Influence of leaf size on tree architecture: first branch height and crown dimensions in tropical rain forest trees Trees 12 438 445
26. DA King JH Maindonald 1999 Tree architecture in relation to leaf dimensions and tree stature in temperate and tropical rain forests J Ecol 87 1012 1024
27. K Kitajima 1994 Relative importance of photosynthetic traits and allocation patterns as correlates of seedling shade tolerance of 13 tropical trees Oecologia 98 419 428
28. D Kleiman LW Aarssen 2007 The leaf size/number trade-off in trees J Ecol 95 376 382
29. CA Knight DD Ackerly 2003 Evolution and plasticity of photosynthetic thermal tolerance, specific leaf area and leaf size: congeneric species from desert and coastal environments New Phytol 160 337 347
30. Körner CH (1994) Biomass fractionation in plants: a reconsideration of definitions based on plant functions. In: Roy J, Garnier E (eds) A whole plant perspective on carbon-nitrogen interactions. SPB, The Hague, pp 173-185
31. CH Lusk 2004 Leaf area and growth of juvenile temperate evergreens in low light: species of contrasting shade tolerance change rank during ontogeny Funct Ecol 18 820 828
32. CH Lusk DI Warton 2007 Global meta-analysis shows that relationships between leaf mass per area and species shade tolerance depend on leaf habit and ontogeny New Phytol 176 764 774
33. L Markesteijn L Poorter F Bongers 2007 Light-dependent leaf trait variation in 43 tropical dry forest tree species Am J Bot 94 515 525
34. U Niinemets 2006 The controversy over traits conferring shade-tolerance in trees: ontogenetic changes revisited J Ecol 94 464 470
35. U Niinemets S Fleck 2002 Leaf biomechanics and biomass investment in support in relation to long-term irradiance in Fagus Plant Biol 4 523 534
36. U Niinemets O Kull 1999 Biomass investment in leaf lamina versus lamina support in relation to growth irradiance and leaf size in temperate deciduous trees Tree Physiol 19 349 358
37. U Niinemets A Portsmuth M Tobias 2006 Leaf size modifies support biomass distribution among stems, petioles and mid-ribs in temperate plants New Phytol 171 91 104
38. U Niinemets A Portsmuth D Tena M Tobias S Matesanz F Valladares 2007 Do we underestimate the importance of leaf size in plant economics? Disproportional scaling of support costs within the spectrum of leaf physiognomy Ann Bot 100 283 303
39. KJ Niklas 1988 The role of phyllotactic pattern as a "developmental constraint" on the interception of light by leaf surfaces Evolution 42 1 16
40. KJ Niklas 1999 A mechanical perspective on foliage leaf form and function New Phytol 143 19 31
41. KJ Niklas ED Cobb U Niinemets PB Reich A Sellin B Shipley IJ Wright 2007 "Diminishing returns" in the scaling of functional leaf traits across and within species groups Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104 8891 8896
42. SW Pacala CD Canham J Saponara J Silander RK Kobe E Ribbens 1996 Forest models defined by field measurements: estimation, error analysis and dynamics Ecol Monogr 66 1 43
43. DF Parkhurst OL Loucks 1972 Optimal leaf size in relation to environment J Ecol 60 505 537
44. RW Pearcy F Valladares SJ Wright EL de Paulis 2004 A functional analysis of the crown architecture of tropical forest Psychotria species: do species vary in light capture efficiency and consequently in carbon gain and growth? Oecologia 139 163 177
45. RW Pearcy H Muraoka F Valladares 2005 Crown architecture in sun and shade environments: assessing function and trade-offs with a three-dimensional simulation model New Phytol 166 791 800
46. Peña-Claros M, Fredericksen TS, Alarcón A, Blate GM, Choque U, Leaño C, Licona JC, Mostacedo B, Pariona W, Villegas Z, Putz FE (2008) Beyond reduced impact logging: silvicultural treatments to increase growth rates of tropical trees. For Ecol Manage. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12013
47. L Poorter 2001 Light-dependent changes in allocation and their effects on the growth of rain forest tree species Funct Ecol 15 113 123
48. Poorter L (2005) Resource capture and use by tropical forest tree seedlings and their consequences for competition. In: Burslem DFRP, Pinard MA, Hartley SE (eds) Biotic interactions in the tropics: their role in the maintenance of species diversity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 35-64
49. L Poorter F Bongers 2006 Leaf traits are good predictors of plant performance across 53 rain forest species Ecology 87 1733 1743
50. H Poorter E Garnier 1996 Plant growth analysis: an evaluation of experimental design and computational methods J Exp Bot 47 1342 1353
51. L Poorter SA Rose 2005 Light-dependent changes in the relationship between seed mass and seedling traits: a meta-analysis for rain forest tree species Oecologia 142 378 387
52. L Poorter F Bongers FJ Sterck H Wöll 2005 Beyond the regeneration phase: differentiation of height-light trajectories among tropical tree species J Ecol 93 256 267
53. L Poorter L Bongers F Bongers 2006 Architecture of 54 moist-forest tree species: traits, trade-offs, and functional groups Ecology 87 1289 1301
54. H Poorter S Pepin T Rijkers Y de Jong JR Evans C Korner 2006 Construction costs, chemical composition and payback time of high- and low-irradiance leaves J Exp Bot 57 355 371
55. J Popma F Bongers MJA Werger 1992 Gap-dependence and leaf characteristics of trees in a tropical lowland rain forest in Mexico Oikos 63 207 214
56. PB Reich MB Walters DS Ellsworth 1992 Leaf life-span in relation to leaf, plant, and stand characteristics among diverse ecosystems Ecol Monogr 62 365 392
57. T Rijkers TL Pons F Bongers 2000 The effect of tree height and light availability on photosynthetic leaf traits of four neotropical species differing in shade tolerance Funct Ecol 14 77 86
58. ME Ritchie H Olff 1999 Spatial scaling laws yield a synthetic theory of biodiversity Nature 400 557 560
59. PM Room L Mailette JS Hanan 2004 Module and metamer dynamics and virtual plants Adv Ecol Res 25 105 157
60. DMA Rozendaal VH Hurtado L Poorter 2006 Plasticity in leaf traits of 38 tropical tree species in response to light; relationships with light demand and adult stature Funct Ecol 20 207 216
61. Schimper AFW (1898) Pflanzengeographie auf Physiologischer Grundlage. Fischer, Jena
62. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1995) Biometry. Freeman & Company, New York
63. FJ Sterck F Schieving 2007 Selection determines ontogenetic patterns in 3D growth of trees: effects of scaling, light, carbon economy, and meristem activity Ecol Monogr 77 405 420
64. FJ Sterck F Bongers HJ During M Martinez-Ramos H de Kroon 2003 Module responses in a tropical forest tree analyzed with a matrix model Ecology 84 2751 2761
65. FJ Sterck HA van Gelder L Poorter 2006 Mechanical branch constraints contribute to life-history variation across tree species in a Bolivian forest J Ecol 94 1192 1200
66. JF Stuefer H Huber 1998 Differential effects of light quantity and spectral light quality on growth, morphology and development of two stoloniferous Potentilla species Oecologia 117 1 8
67. A Takenaka 1994 Effects of leaf blade narrowness and petiole length on the light capture efficiency of a shoot Ecol Res 9 109 114
68. Valladares F (1999) Architecture, ecology, and the evolution of plant crowns. In: Pugnaire F, Valladares F (eds) The handbook of functional plant ecology. Dekker, New York, pp 122-177
69. MB Walters PB Reich 1999 Low-light carbon balance and shade tolerance in the seedlings of woody plants: do winter deciduous and broad-leaved evergreen species differ? New Phytol 143 143 154
70. MJA Werger GA Ellenbroek 1978 Leaf size and leaf consistence of a riverine forest formation along a climatic gradient Oecologia 34 297 308
71. M Westoby DS Falster A Moles P Vesk IJ Wright 2002 Plant ecological strategies: some leading dimensions of variation between species Annu Rev Ecol Syst 33 125 159
72. PS White 1983 Evidence that temperate east north-American evergreen woody plants follow Corner's rules New Phytol 95 139 145
73. PS White 1983 Corner's rules in eastern deciduous trees-allometry and its implications for the adaptive architecture of trees Bull Torrey Bot Club 110 203 212
74. IJ Wright 2004 The world-wide leaf economics spectrum Nature 428 821 827