The importance of leaf cuticle for carbon economy and mechanical strength

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 441-447

  Onoda, Yusuke ^a,b   Richards, Lora ^a,c   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost and benefit; Cuticle; Density; Dorsiventrality; Durability; Interspecific; Stiffness; Strength

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DURABILITY; EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF; MEMBRANE; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREE;

BIOMECHANICS; CARBON; MEMBRANES; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREES;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84866407306     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04263.x     Document Type: Article

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