An evolutionary perspective on leaf economics: phylogenetics of leaf mass per area in vascular plants

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 4; no. 14; pp. 2799 - 2811
• Main Authors: Flores, Olivier, Garnier, Eric, Wright, Ian J., Reich, Peter B., Pierce, Simon, Dìaz, Sandra, Pakeman, Robin J., Rusch, Graciela M., Bernard‐Verdier, Maud, Testi, Baptiste, Bakker, Jan P., Bekker, Renée M., Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Ceriani, Roberta M., Cornu, Guillaume, Cruz, Pablo, Delcamp, Matthieu, Dolezal, Jiri, Eriksson, Ove, Fayolle, Adeline, Freitas, Helena, Golodets, Carly, Gourlet‐Fleury, Sylvie, Hodgson, John G., Brusa, Guido, Kleyer, Michael, Kunzmann, Dieter, Lavorel, Sandra, Papanastasis, Vasilios P., Pérez‐Harguindeguy, Natalia, Vendramini, Fernanda, Weiher, Evan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2014; Wiley Open Access; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Biodiversity and Ecology; Biological evolution; Brownian model; Construction costs; Diversification; Economics; Environmental Sciences; Evolution; Flowers & plants; functional trait; Hypotheses; Interception; Leaves; Original Research; Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model; Phenotypes; phenotypic evolution; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant species; Plants; Woody plants; functional trait; Brownian model; phenotypic evolution; Ornstein–Uhlenbeck model; Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model

In plant leaves, resource use follows a trade‐off between rapid resource capture and conservative storage. This “worldwide leaf economics spectrum” consists of a suite of intercorrelated leaf traits, among which leaf mass per area, LMA, is one of the most fundamental as it indicates the cost of leaf...