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A framework for understanding the relationship between environment and vegetation based on the surface area to volume ratio of leaves.

Date

Authors

Roderick, Michael

Berry, Sandra Lee

Noble, I R

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

1. Existing data show that the surface area to volume ratio (Λ) of leaves generally decreases along both aridity and altitudinal gradients. That results in the relations: Λ decreases as it gets drier and hotter, as well as wetter and colder. Thus variat

Keywords

Keywords: altitude; aridity; environmental gradient; hypothesis testing; leaf morphology Climate; Environmental gradients; Global change; Leaf morphology; Soil pH; Vegetation models

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/90114

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Functional Ecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00438.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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