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Components of leaf-trait variation along environmental gradients.
The New phytologist - 1 Oct 2020
Dong Ning, Prentice Iain Colin, Wright Ian J, Evans Bradley J, Togashi Henrique F, Caddy-Retalic Stefan, McInerney Francesca A, Sparrow Ben, Leitch Emrys, Lowe Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Leaf area (LA), mass per area (LMA), nitrogen per unit area (Narea ) and the leaf-internal to ambient CO2 ratio (χ) are fundamental traits for plant functional ecology and vegetation modelling. Here we aimed to assess how their variation, within and between species, tracks environmental gradients. Measurements were made on 705 species from 116 sites within a broad north-south transect from tropical to temperate...
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