The Smaller the Leaf Is, the Faster the Leaf Water Loses in a Temperate Forest

The Smaller the Leaf Is, the Faster the Leaf Water Loses in a Temperate Forest

Leaf size (i.e., leaf surface area and leaf dry mass) profoundly affects a variety of biological carbon, water and energy processes. Therefore, the remarkable variability in individual leaf size and its trade-off with total leaf number in a plant have particularly important implications for understa...

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Main Authors: Cunguo Wang, Junming He, Tian-Hong Zhao, Ying Cao, Guojiao Wang, Bei Sun, Xuefei Yan, Wei Guo, Mai-He Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
leaf area
leaf intensity
leaf mass
leaf size
leaf water loss
right-skewed distribution
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00058/full

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