Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …

While it is reasonable to predict that photosynthetic rates are inhibited while leaves are wet,
leaf gas exchange measurements during wet conditions are challenging to obtain due to …

Species in high-rainfall regions have two major alternative approaches to quickly drain off
water, ie, increasing leaf inclination angles relative to the horizontal plane, or develo** …

Drip‐tips are a common feature of the leaves of rain forest trees, but their functional
significance remains contested. The most widely accepted hypothesis is that drip‐tips assist …

Land plants exhibit a wide variety of defences that deter the consumption of leaves and
stems, including trichomes (hairs), thorns, and thick cuticles. In many plants, trichomes are …

Drip tips are thought to resist the growth of epiphyllous fungi, lichens, bryophytes and algae
on leaf surfaces by promoting the drainage of water following rain. This hypothesis was …

Driptips play important roles in controlling soil erosion and in the water cycle. The driptips
size distribution and the morphology of water droplets on the leaves among rubber (Hevea …

Se estudió la morfología foliar de los antófitos que son representativos de cuatro tipos de
pluvisilvas de la Región Oriental de Cuba y se relacionó con los principales factores …

摘要为研究常绿阔叶林林木树冠位置是否会对叶片与光截获和水分排除相关的性状间的权衡
关系产生影响, 本研究采用标准化主轴回归(standardized major axis, SMA) 的方法 …

Examining how both climate and species distribution patterns correlate with leaf morphology
can give insights into the ecological and evolutionary patterns that drive adaptive selection …