Leaf Traits as Indicators of Resource-Use Strategy in Floras with Succulent Species

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 154; no. 1; pp. 147 - 157
• Main Authors: Vendramini, Fernanda, Díaz, Sandra, Gurvich, Diego E., Wilson, Peter J., Thompson, Ken, Hodgson, John G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science 01.04.2002; Blackwell Science Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Argentina; Autoecology; Biological and medical sciences; comparative ecology; Datasets; Flora; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; interspecific variation; Leaf area; leaf thickness; leaf water content; Leaves; Moisture content; Plant ecology; plant functional types; Plant growth; Plants; Plants and fungi; sclerophylly; Species; specific leaf area; succulence; Succulent plants; thickness; water content; South America; Argentina; America; Use; Resource; Environmental factor; Ecology; Plant leaf; Leaf area; Indicator; Thickness; Sclerophyllous formation; Succulent plant; Flora; Morphology; Vegetation; Water content; Adaptation

• Associations between specific leaf area (SLA), leaf water content (LWC) and leaf thickness (LT) in 77 species were analysed to identify which of these traits gave a better indicator value of general plant resource-use strategy within the flora of central-western Argentina, in which succulent speci...