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The length of the dry season may be associated with leaf scleromorphism in cerrado plants

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2015
Despite limitations of low fertility and high acidity of the soils, the cerrado flora is the richest amongst savannas. Many cerrado woody species show sclerophyllous leaves, which might be related to the availability of water and nutrients in the soil ...
MARCELO C. SOUZA, AUGUSTO C. FRANCO, MUNDAYATAN HARIDASAN, DAVI R. ROSSATTO, JANAÍNA F. DE ARAÚJO, LEONOR P.C. MORELLATO, GUSTAVO HABERMANN   +6 more
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Is leaf dry matter content a better predictor of soil fertility than specific leaf area?

, 2011
Background and Aims: Specific leaf area (SLA), a key element of the ‘worldwide leaf economics spectrum’, is the preferred ‘soft’ plant trait for assessing soil fertility. SLA is a function of leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and leaf thickness (LT).
G. Montserrat-Martí, A. Hynd, J. G. Hodgson, Cornelissen J. H. C., Peréz-Rontomé, M.C., P. Wilson, M. Charles, J. Guerrero-Campo, Montserrat-Marti, G., Charles, M., Jones G., Wilson, P., Palmer C., S. R. Band, Royo Pla R., CERABOLINI, BRUNO ENRICO LEONE, Romo, Àngel, Castro Diez P., Palmer, C., Perez Rontome M. C., Cerabolini, B.E.L., B. Shipley, Band, S.R., Wilson P., Shipley, B., Carter G., M. Sharafi, Romo Diez A., F. Royo Pla, Royo Pla, F., Guerrere-Campo, J., Guerrero Campo, Joaquín, P. Castro-Díez, Hodgson, J. G., Castro-Díez, Pilar, Cornelissen, J.H.C.; id_orcid, Band, S. R., M. C. Pérez-Rontomé, C. Palmer, Jones, G., Romo-Diez, A., Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., G. Jones, Hodgson, J.G., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Shipley B., Pérez-Rontomé, Carmen, Charles M., Hynd A., B. E. L. Cerabolini, Castro-Diez, P., De Torres Espuny, L., Hodgson J. G., Hynd, A., Band S. R., Carter, G., Sharafi, M., A. Bogard, A. Romo-Díez, L. de Torres Espuny, Torres Espuny, L. de, Sharafi M., Montserrat Marti G., J. H. C. Cornelissen, Bogard, A., Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Bogard A., Montserrat-Martí, Gabriel, de Torres Espuny L., Guerrero Campo J., G. Carter   +70 more
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Feasibility in Estimating the Dry Leaf Mass and Specific Leaf Area of 50 Bamboo Species Based on Nondestructive Measurements

, 2021
Specific leaf area (SLA) is a good predictor of aboveground net primary productivity. However, the SLA of bamboo species is generally estimated on the basis of destructive measurements rather than the cost-effective and recyclable nondestructive ...
Yongjin Du, Jun Wu, Mengxiang Zheng, Xinyuan Yu, Weiliang Fan, Leixin Wang, Samuel Chigaba   +6 more
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Handling mean–variance scaling in intraspecific trait variability and implications for trait–environment analyses

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Trait‐based ecology increasingly relies on measures of intraspecific trait variability to estimate how trait diversity within species varies across species and environmental gradients. Yet variance and related metrics are often interpreted without considering their intrinsic dependence on the mean, as described by the empirical Taylor's power ...
Miguel A. Ortega, Francesco de Bello, José Ramón Obeso, Paola Laiolo   +3 more
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Ants contribute to raspberry pollination in protected cropping systems

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Ants visited raspberry flowers more frequently than European honey bees (Apis mellifera), Australian stingless bees (Tetragonula carbonaria) and flies, many transporting raspberry pollen on their bodies, indicating potential pollination capacity. Ants were active flower visitors at most times of the day and may extend the daily pollination window and ...
Pia Malm, Blake M. Dawson, Jelena Preradovic, Johan Ekroos, Romina Rader, Bar Shermeister, Lena A. Schmidt   +6 more
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Comparison of water use efficiency and biomass production in 10-year-old Populus sibirica and Ulmus pumila plantations in Lun soum, Mongolia

Forest Science and Technology, 2019
Although afforestation is one of the best solutions for combating desertification, it requires intensive management. To minimize management efforts in plantations in arid area, it is crucial to select suitable tree species, i.e.
Sungsik Cho, Byambadorj Ser-Oddamba, Nyam-Osor Batkhuu, Hyun Seok Kim   +3 more
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Preference‐performance relationship in the thistle tortoise beetle: Implications for its realised host range

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
There was a positive relationship between adult preference and larval performance. However, the strength of the relationship ranged from weak to strong depending on the measure of adult preference. The adult beetle showed substantial flexibility in host plant selection and equal performance across most thistle hosts.
Michael G. Cripps, Dilani K. Hettiarachchi, Sarah Jackman, Dimetre Triadis, Chikako van Koten, Michael Rostás, Jon J. Sullivan   +6 more
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Leaf traits and gas exchange in saplings of native tree species in the Central Amazon Características foliares e trocas gasosas em arvoretas de espécies nativas da Amazônia Central

Scientia Agricola, 2010
Global climate models predict changes on the length of the dry season in the Amazon which may affect tree physiology. The aims of this work were to determine the effect of the rainfall regime and fraction of sky visible (FSV) at the forest understory on ...
Keila Rego Mendes, Ricardo Antonio Marenco   +1 more
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Relationships between and modified NDVI at 705nm (mND705) and Specific Leaf Area (SLA), Carotenoids and Total Chlorophyll concentration for Lianas, Trees and Shrubs.

, 2015
Relationships between and modified NDVI at 705nm (mND705) and Specific Leaf Area (SLA), Carotenoids and Total Chlorophyll concentration for Lianas, Trees and Shrubs.
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa (693169), Geraldo Fernandes (693172), Aaron Ball (693168), Benoit Rivard (562250), Saulo Castro-Contreras (693171), Carlos Portillo-Quintero (693170)   +5 more
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Phenotypic plasticity and the leaf economics spectrum: plasticity is positively associated with specific leaf area

, 2022
Phenotypic plasticity is a key mechanism by which plants respond to changing or heterogeneous conditions. Efforts to predict phenotypic plasticity across plant species have mainly focused on environmental variability or abiotic ...
Víctor M. Escobedo, Escobedo, Víctor, Gisela C. Stotz, Salgado-Luarte, Cristian, Escobedo, Víctor M., Valladares Ros, Fernando, Cristian Salgado‐Luarte, Ernesto Gianoli, Stotz, Gisela, Stotz, Gisela C., Fernando Valladares, Gianoli, Ernesto, Valladares, Fernando   +12 more
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