Photosynthetically relevant foliar traits correlating better on a mass vs an area basis: of ecophysiological relevance or just a case of mathematical imperatives and statistical quicksand?

New Phytol. 2013 Jul;199(2):311-321. doi: 10.1111/nph.12281. Epub 2013 Apr 26.

Authors

Jon Lloyd^{1

2}, Keith Bloomfield^{2

3}, Tomas F Domingues⁴, Graham D Farquhar³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS), School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, 4878, Australia.
² School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
³ Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, ACT, Australia.
⁴ Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Univeridade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 23621613
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12281

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
Least-Squares Analysis
Nitrogen / metabolism
Organ Size
Photosynthesis / physiology*
Plant Leaves / anatomy & histology*
Plant Leaves / physiology*
Quantitative Trait, Heritable*
Statistics as Topic*

Substances

Carbon Dioxide
Nitrogen