How cellulose-based leaf toughness and lamina density contribute to long leaf lifespans of shade-tolerant species

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 640-652

  Kitajima, Kaoru ^a,b   Llorens, Anna Maria ^b   Stefanescu, Carla ^a   Timchenko, Marta Vargas ^b   Lucas, Peter W ^c   Wright, S Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anti herbivory defence; Cellulose; Herbivory; Lamina density; Leaf lifespan; Leaf toughness; Seedling survival; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; NITROGEN;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CELLULOSE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HERBIVORY; LEAF; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TREE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; HERBIVORY; LIGHT; MECHANICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBON; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE; HERBIVORY; LIGHT; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863778094     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04203.x     Document Type: Article

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