The complex juvenile/maturity transition during a plant's life cycle includes growth,
reproduction, and senescence of its fundamental organs: leaves, flowers, and fruits. Growth …

Plants are of fundamental importance to life on Earth. The shapes of leaves, petals and
whole plants are of great significance to plant science, as they can help to distinguish …

Laboratory studies on artificial leaves suggest that leaf thermal dynamics are strongly
influenced by the two‐dimensional size and shape of leaves and associated boundary layer …

The early Eocene (56 to 48 million years ago) is inferred to have been the most recent time
that Earth's atmospheric CO 2 concentrations exceeded 1000 ppm. Global mean …

Leaf size varies by over a 100,000-fold among species worldwide. Although 19th-century
plant geographers noted that the wet tropics harbor plants with exceptionally large leaves …

Plant height is a central part of plant ecological strategy. It is strongly correlated with life
span, seed mass and time to maturity, and is a major determinant of a species' ability to …

Abstract Background and Aims Leaf size has considerable ecological relevance, making it
desirable to obtain leaf size estimations for as many species worldwide as possible. Current …

Leaf veins are almost ubiquitous across the range of terrestrial plant diversity, yet their
influence on leaf photosynthetic performance remains uncertain. We show here that specific …

Paleobotanists have long used models based on leaf size and shape to reconstruct
paleoclimate. However, most models incorporate a single variable or use traits that are not …

The development of plant leaves follows a common basic program that is flexible and is
adjusted according to species, developmental stage and environmental circumstances …