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- Title
Specific leaf area and dry matter content estimate thickness in laminar leaves.
- Authors
Vile, Denis; Garnier, Eric; Shipley, Bill; Laurent, Gérard; Navas, Marie-Laure; Roumet, Catherine; Lavorel, Sandra; Díaz, Sandra; Hodgson, John G; Lloret, Francisco; Midgley, Guy F; Poorter, Hendrik; Rutherford, Mike C; Wilson, Peter J; Wright, Ian J
- Abstract
Leaf thickness plays an important role in leaf and plant functioning, and relates to a species' strategy of resource acquisition and use. As such, it has been widely used for screening purposes in crop science and community ecology. However, since its measurement is not straightforward, a number of estimates have been proposed. Here, the validity of the (SLA x LDMC)(-1) product is tested to estimate leaf thickness, where SLA is the specific leaf area (leaf area/dry mass) and LDMC is the leaf dry matter content (leaf dry mass/fresh mass). SLA and LDMC are two leaf traits that are both more easily measurable and often reported in the literature.
- Publication
Annals of botany, 2005, Vol 96, Issue 6, p1129
- ISSN
0305-7364
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/aob/mci264