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DOI10.1111/1365-2435.12059
Ecological variation in leaf biomechanics and its scaling with tissue structure across three mediterranean-climate plant communities
Mendez-Alonzo, Rodrigo1; Ewers, Frank W.2; Sack, Lawren1
通讯作者Mendez-Alonzo, Rodrigo
来源期刊FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
ISSN0269-8463
EISSN1365-2435
出版年2013
卷号27期号:2页码:544-554
英文摘要

The mechanical resistance of leaves has key ecological implications but its basis has not been well understood, particularly at the tissue scale. We tested the hypotheses that leaf mechanical resistance should be a function of tissue density, increasing from the lamina to the midrib, and higher in drought-tolerant than drought-avoiding species. In a common garden study, we quantified nine leaf biomechanical traits, including measurements of material and structural resistance, and in addition 17 morphological traits, at the tissue and whole-leaf scales, for 21 species from three semi-arid communities of California, USA. The mechanical properties of leaves depended strongly on tissue density. Material resistance was significantly greater in the midrib than in the leaf lamina, and tissue resistances were significantly correlated among tissues, lower in deciduous coastal sage species and higher in evergreen drought-tolerant chaparral species. The proportion of the biomass invested in the midrib was lower in species bearing midribs and laminas of high material resistance. Our results support the hypothesis of a hierarchical partitioning of leaf mechanical resistance among leaf tissues reflecting the investment of dry mass. Also, our data indicated a mechanical compensation in leaf design, where leaves with high material resistance and density deploy a relatively minor proportion of support tissue in the midrib. Finally, our results establish a quantitative basis for differences among communities in leaf biomechanics. Our results supported the classical characterization of the mediterranean-climate flora of California according to the dramatic increase in the mean leaf mechanical resistance from species of coastal sage to chaparral, with diverse leaf types in the Mojave Desert species.


英文关键词allometry chaparral coastal sage Mojave Desert vegetation plant economics sclerophylly stiffness strength
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000317306000026
WOS关键词MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES ; FRACTURE PROPERTIES ; DROUGHT TOLERANCE ; SUPPORT ; TRAITS ; TOUGHNESS ; LAMINA ; SIZE ; CONVERGENCE ; ECOSYSTEMS
WOS类目Ecology
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构University of California, Los Angeles
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/177245
作者单位1.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA;
2.Calif State Polytech Univ Pomona, Dept Biol Sci, Pomona, CA 91768 USA
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Mendez-Alonzo, Rodrigo,Ewers, Frank W.,Sack, Lawren. Ecological variation in leaf biomechanics and its scaling with tissue structure across three mediterranean-climate plant communities[J]. University of California, Los Angeles,2013,27(2):544-554.
APA Mendez-Alonzo, Rodrigo,Ewers, Frank W.,&Sack, Lawren.(2013).Ecological variation in leaf biomechanics and its scaling with tissue structure across three mediterranean-climate plant communities.FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY,27(2),544-554.
MLA Mendez-Alonzo, Rodrigo,et al."Ecological variation in leaf biomechanics and its scaling with tissue structure across three mediterranean-climate plant communities".FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 27.2(2013):544-554.
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