On the conservative nature of the leaf mass-area relationship
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Roderick, Michael; Cochrane, Michelle
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In a previous empirical study, Hughes and colleagues showed that for several herbaceous species there is apparently a unique species-specific relationship between the area and mass of leaves. We tested this proposition using measurements from 15 broad-leaved species. We found that to a reasonable approximation, leaf area was proportional to leaf mass within a given species despite relatively large variations in both leaf thickness and the mass fraction of liquid matter. These observations show...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2002 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/94315 |
Source: | Annals of Botany |
DOI: | 10.1093/aob/mcf100 |
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