Leaf venation: structure, function, development, evolution, ecology and applications in the past, present and future

L Sack, C Scoffoni - New phytologist, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The design and function of leaf venation are important to plant performance, with key
implications for the distribution and productivity of ecosystems, and applications in …

The global spectrum of plant form and function

S Díaz, J Kattge, JHC Cornelissen, IJ Wright, S Lavorel… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Earth is home to a remarkable diversity of plant forms and life histories, yet comparatively
few essential trait combinations have proved evolutionarily viable in today's terrestrial …

TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access

J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz, S Lavorel… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation

JS Joswig, C Wirth, MC Schuman, J Kattge… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are
thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still …

How do leaf veins influence the worldwide leaf economic spectrum? Review and synthesis

L Sack, C Scoffoni, GP John, H Poorter… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Leaf vein traits are implicated in the determination of gas exchange rates and plant
performance. These traits are increasingly considered as causal factors affecting the 'leaf …

TRY–a global database of plant traits

J Kattge, S Diaz, S Lavorel, IC Prentice… - Global change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

Y Onoda, IJ Wright, JR Evans, K Hikosaka… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The leaf economics spectrum (LES) represents a suite of intercorrelated leaf traits
concerning construction costs per unit leaf area, nutrient concentrations, and rates of carbon …

Adjustments and coordination of hydraulic, leaf and stem traits along a water availability gradient

T Rosas, M Mencuccini, J Barba, H Cochard… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Trait variability in space and time allows plants to adjust to changing environmental
conditions. However, we know little about how this variability is distributed and coordinated …

The results of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic

M Jochum, M Fischer, F Isbell, C Roscher… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
A large body of research shows that biodiversity loss can reduce ecosystem functioning.
However, much of the evidence for this relationship is drawn from biodiversity–ecosystem …

Trait variation and integration across scales: is the leaf economic spectrum present at local scales?

J Messier, BJ McGill, BJ Enquist, MJ Lechowicz - Ecography, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Trait‐based approaches have taken an increasingly dominant role in community ecology.
Although trait‐based strategy dimensions such as the leaf economic spectrum (LES) have …