Leaves at low versus high rainfall: coordination of structure, lifespan and physiology
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- 20 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Phytologist
- Vol. 155 (3) , 403-416
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00479.x
Abstract
• Across species, leaf lifespan (LL) tends to be correlated with leaf mass per area (LMA). Previously we found that Australian perennial species from low-rainfall sites had c . 40% shorter LL at ...Keywords
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