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| 1 | The leaf size/number trade-off in herbaceous angiosperms显示文摘Aims In this study,we examined the extent to which between-species leaf size variation relates to variation in the intensity of leaf production in herbaceous angiosperms.Leaf size variation has been most commonly interpreted in terms of biomechanical constraints(e.g.affected by plant size limitations)or in terms of direct adaptation associated with leaf size effects in optimizing important physiological functions of individual leaves along environmental gradients(e.g.involving temperature and moisture).An additional interpretation is explored here,where adaptation may be more directly associated with the number of leaves produced and where relatively small leaf size then results as a trade-off of high‘leafing intensity’—i.e.number of leaves produced per unit plant body size.Methods The relationships between mean individual leaf mass,number of leaves and plant body size were examined for 127 species of herbaceous angiosperms collected from natural populations in southern Ontario,Canada.Important Findings In all,88%of the variation in mean individual leaf mass across species,spanning four orders of magnitude,is accounted for by a negative isometric(proportional)trade-off relationship with leafing intensity.These results parallel those reported in recent studies of woody species.Because each leaf is normally associated with an axillary bud or meristem,having a high leafing intensity is equivalent to having a greater number of meristems per unit body size—i.e.a larger‘bud bank’.According to the‘leafing intensity premium’hypothesis,because an axillary meristem represents the potential to produce either a new shoot or a reproductive structure,high leafing intensity should confer greater architectural and/or reproductive plasticity(with relatively small leaf size required as a trade-off).This greater plasticity,we suggest,should be especially important for smaller species since they are likely to suffer greater suppression of growth and reproduction from competition within multi-species vegetation.Accordingly,we tested and found support for the prediction that smaller species have not just smaller leaves generally but also higher leafing intensities,thus conferring larger bud banks,i.e.more meristems per unit plant body size. | Thea Whitman Lonnie W.Aarssen | 2010 | Journal of Plant Ecology2010，3，1： | 24 |
| 2 | Biochar - One Way Forward for Soil Carbon in Offset Mechanisms in Africa显示文摘 | THEA WHITMAN JOHANNES LEHMANN | 2009 | Envi- ronmental Sicienee & Policy2009，，12： | 1 |
| 3 | Characterization of biochars to evaluate recalcitrance and agronomic performance显示文摘 | Akio Enders Kelly Hanley Thea Whitman Stephen Joseph Johannes Lehmann | 2012 | Bioresource Technology2012，，： | 1 |
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