Reconciling species-level vs plastic responses of evergreen leaf structure to light gradients: Shade leaves punch above their weight

New Phytologist

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 429-438

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a   Onoda, Yusuke ^a   Kooyman, Robert ^a   Gutiérrez Girón, Alba ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Countergradient variation; Herbivory; Leaf economics spectrum; Leaf mass per area; Leaf resistance to fracture; Neutral detergent fibre; Subtropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HERBIVORY; LIGHT EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; RAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77954742803     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03202.x     Document Type: Article

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