Trade-offs between seed and leaf size (seed–phytomer–leaf theory): functional glue linking regenerative with life history strategies … and taxonomy with ecology? | Zendy

John Hodgson | Zendy; Bianca A. Santini | Zendy; Gabriel Montserrat Martí | Zendy; Ferran Royo | Zendy; Glynis Jones | Zendy; Amy Bogaard | Zendy; Mike Charles | Zendy; Xavier Font | Zendy; Mohammed Ater | Zendy; A. Taleb | Zendy; Peter Poschlod | Zendy; Younès Hmimsa | Zendy; Carol Palmer | Zendy; Peter J. Wilson | Zendy; S. R. Band | Zendy; Amy Styring | Zendy; Charlotte Diffey | Zendy; Laura Green | Zendy; Erika Nitsch | Zendy; Elizabeth Stroud | Zendy; A. RomoDíez | Zendy; Lluís de Torres Espuny | Zendy; Gemma Warham | Zendy

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Trade-offs between seed and leaf size (seed–phytomer–leaf theory): functional glue linking regenerative with life history strategies … and taxonomy with ecology?

Author(s) -

John Hodgson,

Bianca A. Santini,

Gabriel Montserrat Martí,

Ferran Royo,

Glynis Jones,

Amy Bogaard,

Mike Charles,

Xavier Font,

Mohammed Ater,

A. Taleb,

Peter Poschlod,

Younès Hmimsa,

Carol Palmer,

Peter J. Wilson,

S. R. Band,

Amy Styring,

Charlotte Diffey,

Laura Green,

Erika Nitsch,

Elizabeth Stroud,

A. RomoDíez,

Lluís de Torres Espuny,

Gemma Warham

Publication year - 2017

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/mcx084

Subject(s) - biology , leaf size , allometry , specific leaf area , canopy , trait , botany , shoot , juvenile , ecology , photosynthesis , agronomy , computer science , programming language

While the 'worldwide leaf economics spectrum' (Wright IJ, Reich PB, Westoby M, et al. 2004. The worldwide leaf economics spectrum. Nature : 821-827) defines mineral nutrient relationships in plants, no unifying functional consensus links size attributes. Here, the focus is upon leaf size, a much-studied plant trait that scales positively with habitat quality and components of plant size. The objective is to show that this wide range of relationships is explicable in terms of a seed-phytomer-leaf (SPL) theoretical model defining leaf size in terms of trade-offs involving the size, growth rate and number of the building blocks (phytomers) of which the young shoot is constructed.

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