What makes a leaf tough? Patterns of correlated evolutionbetween leaf toughness traits and demographic rates among 197 shade-tolerant woody species in a neotropical forest

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 800-811

  Westbrook, Jared W ^a   Kitajima, Kaoru ^a,b   Burleigh, J Gordon ^a   Kress, W John ^c   Erickson, David L ^c   Wright, S Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense; Functional traits; Leaf toughness; Life history trade offs; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAMETER; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PATH ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOMASS; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; STEM; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; UNDERSTORY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANAMA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

EID: 79957559441     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659963     Document Type: Article

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