An evolutionary perspective on leaf economics: Phylogenetics of leaf mass per area in vascular plants

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2799-2811

  Flores, Olivier ^a,b   Garnier, Eric ^a   Wright, Ian J ^c   Reich, Peter B ^d,e   Pierce, Simon ^f   Dìaz, Sandra ^g   Pakeman, Robin J ^h   Rusch, Graciela M ⁱ   Bernard Verdier, Maud ^a   Testi, Baptiste ^a   Bakker, Jan P ^j   Bekker, Renée M ^j   Cerabolini, Bruno E L ^k   Ceriani, Roberta M ^l   Cornu, Guillaume ^m   Cruz, Pablo ⁿ   Delcamp, Matthieu ^m   Dolezal, Jiri ^o   Eriksson, Ove ^p   Fayolle, Adeline ^m   Freitas, Helena ^q   Golodets, Carly ^r   Gourlet Fleury, Sylvie ^m   Hodgson, John G ^s   Brusa, Guido ^k   Kleyer, Michael ^t   Kunzmann, Dieter ^t,u   Lavorel, Sandra ^v   Papanastasis, Vasilios P ^w   Pérez Harguindeguy, Natalia ^g   Vendramini, Fernanda ^g   Weiher, Evan ^x   more..

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^h SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j Community and Conservation Ecology Group ^*  (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^l Centro Flora Autoctona   (Italy)

^m TA C 105 D Campus International de Baillarguet   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^o INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^p STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^r TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^u Landscape Ecology and Consulting   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^w ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^x UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Brownian model; Functional trait; Ornstein Uhlenbeck model; Phenotypic evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904580410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1087     Document Type: Article

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