El espectro de la economía de la hoja en todo el mundo

Ian J Wright1, Peter B Reich, Mark Westoby

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia. iwright@rna.bio.mq.edu.au

Nature
|April 23, 2004
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio revela un espectro universal de economía de la hoja en 2.548 especies, detallando cómo las plantas invierten en hojas a nivel mundial. Este espectro ofrece un mejor marco que los tipos funcionales de las plantas para comprender la variación de los rasgos de las hojas y las interacciones climáticas.

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