Angiosperm leaf vein patterns are linked to leaf functions in a global-scale data set

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-253

  Walls, Ramona L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Leaf economic spectrum; Leaf mass per area; Major veins; Maximum photosynthetic rate; Minor veins; N concentration; Phylogenetic signal

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANGIOSPERM; DATA SET; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERMS; CELL AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79851498096     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000154     Document Type: Article

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