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Comparison of specific leaf area of invasive and native blackberries [PDF]

, 2012
Invasive species are known to have harmful effects on many ecosystems and show rapid growth and reproduction rates. One possible way for a plant to maximize its growth rate is to have a high specific leaf area (SLA) but few studies have looked at SLA ...
Sims, Valerie
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Varying hydraulic strategies within leaves, stems and roots of coexisting desert shrubs

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Effective and continuous root‐to‐leaf hydraulic transport is crucial for plant survival and growth during drought. However, the capacity to resist hydraulic dysfunction remains understudied in leaves and roots, especially for desert shrubs.
Wenyue Zhao, Xibin Ji, Rui Chen, Lishan Shan, Hai Zhou, Bowen Jin, Liwen Zhao, Dongsheng Li   +7 more
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Effect of perforated foil and polypropylene fibre covers on assimilation leaf area of early potato cultivars

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2007
This paper presents the results of a three-year research on the effect of perforated polyethylene foil and polypropylene fibre covering at various lengths of plant cover period (2 and 3 weeks after plant emergence) on the assimilation leaf area of early ...
W. Wadas, E. Kosterna
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Trees - Structure and Function / Specific leaf area of European Larch (Larix decidua Mill.) [PDF]

, 2016
Specific leaf area (SLA) is defined as the ratio between projected leaf area and needle dry mass. It often serves as parameter in ecosystem modelling as well as indicator for potential growth rate. We explore the SLA of European larch (Larix decidua) and
Gerald F. Dirnberger, Fellner, Helga, Dirnberger, Gerald F., Sterba, Hubert, Hubert Sterba, Helga Fellner   +5 more
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Dataset: Specific Leaf Area of woody plants in the SERC forest Chronosequence

, 2021
Statistics of Specific Leaf Area (SLA) values of species of woody plants from the SERC (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center) forest ...
Geoffrey Parker (10809972)
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Community assembly on inland cliffs is context‐dependent

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Under harsh environmental conditions, community assembly processes are expected to drive pronounced functional convergence, with communities dominated by stress‐tolerant species.
Thomas Deola, Gianmaria Bonari, Alessandro Bricca, Leopoldo de Simone, Sofie Paulus, Claudia Angiolini, Francesco Candini, Juan Lorite, Manuel J. Steinbauer, Anke Jentsch   +9 more
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Trait Variations along a Climatic Gradient in Hilly Area of Loess Plateau

Shuitu baochi yanjiu, 2012
More than 147 plant species in Yanhe River catchment in hilly area of Loess Plateau were selected and leaf area（LA）,leaf length/leaf width（LW）,leaf thickness（LT）,leaf dry mass（DM）,specific leaf area（SLA）,leaf tissue density（LTD）,leaf nitrogen ...
SHI Yu1, WEN Zhong-ming2, GONG Shi-hui1, SONG Guang1, ZHENG Ying1, DING Man1   +5 more
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Specific leaf area, leaf nitrogen content, and photosynthetic acclimation of Trifolium repens L. seedlings grown at different irradiances and nitrogen concentrations

, 2008
Clover seedlings were grown at different nitrogen concentrations (5, 10, 15, 20, 25 mM NO(3)(-) i.e. N(5) to N(25)) and two irradiances, I (200 and 400 mu mol m(-2) s(-1) of photon flux density, i.e. I (200) and I (400)). Net photosynthetic rate (P (N)),
Shangguan, ZP, An, H (An, H.)2, Shangguan, ZP (Shangguan, Z. -P.)1   +2 more
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Herbivore species asynchrony underpins multitrophic stability across plants, herbivores and predators

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Across a grassland food web, multitrophic stability was most closely associated with herbivore species asynchrony. By identifying herbivores as a key source of temporal buffering between plants and predators, this study shows that intermediate consumers can play a central role in stabilizing the complex food web.
Takehiro Sasaki, Taiki Tachibana, Xiaoming Lu, Kei Uchida, Xuezhen Zhao, Issei Nishimura, Daichi Makishima, Kousuke Tachibana, Xi Sun, Yuki Iwachido, Wenhuai Li, Yongfei Bai   +11 more
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Nitrogen addition and ecosystem functioning: Both species abundances and traits alter community structure and function

Ecosphere, 2018
Increased nutrient inputs can cause shifts in plant community composition and plant functional traits, both of which affect ecosystem function. We studied community‐ and species‐level leaf functional trait changes in a full factorial nitrogen (N ...
Anna R. Tatarko, Johannes M. H. Knops
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