Leaf mass per area is independent of vein length per area: Avoiding pitfalls when modelling phenotypic integration (reply to Blonder et al. 2014)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5115-5123

  Sack, Lawren ^a   Scoffoni, Christine ^a   John, Grace P ^b   Poorter, Hendrik ^c   Mason, Chase M ^a   Mendez Alonzo, Rodrigo ^a   Donovan, Lisa A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional traits; Leaf hydraulics; Leaf mass per area; Leaf nutrient concentrations; Photosynthetic rate; Vasculature; Vein patterning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; PLANTS;

EID: 84925236659     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru305     Document Type: Review

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