Open AccessDo we Underestimate the Importance of Leaf Size in Plant Economics? Disproportional Scaling of Support Costs Within the Spectrum of Leaf Physiognomy
Author(s) -
Ülo Niinemets,
Angelika Portsmuth,
David Tena,
Mari Tobias,
Silvia Matesanz,
Fernando Valladares
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcm107
Subject(s) - biology , physiognomy , scaling , botany , leaf size , horticulture , physics , astronomy , mathematics , geometry
Broad scaling relationships between leaf size and function do not take into account that leaves of different size may contain different fractions of support in petiole and mid-rib.
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