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The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

20048,577 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Ian J. Wright · Macquarie University

Peter B. Reich · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Mark Westoby · Macquarie University

David D. Ackerly · Stanford University

Zdravko Baruch · Simón Bolívar University

Frans Bongers · Wageningen University & Research

Jeannine Cavender‐Bares

Topics & Keywords

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Forest ecology and management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 428, Issue 6985, pp. 821-827

DOI: 10.1038/nature02403

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 80.82

The worldwide leaf economics spectrum | Researchclopedia

· Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Terry Chapin · University of Alaska Fairbanks

Johannes H. C. Cornelissen · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Matthias Diemer · University of Zurich

Jaume Flexas · Govern de les Illes Balears

Éric Garnier · Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

Philip K. Groom · Curtin University

Javier Gulías · Universitat de les Illes Balears

Kouki Hikosaka · Tohoku University

Byron B. Lamont · Curtin University

Tali D. Lee · University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire

William Lee · Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

Christopher H. Lusk · University of Concepción

Jeremy J. Midgley · University of Cape Town

Marie‐Laure Navas · Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

Ülo Niinemets · University of Tartu

Jacek Oleksyn · Institute of Dendrology

Noriyuki Osada · Tokyo University of Science

Hendrik Poorter · Utrecht University

Pieter Poot · The University of Western Australia

Lynda D. Prior · Charles Darwin University

V. I. P’yankov

Catherine Roumet · Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

Sean C. Thomas · University of Toronto

Mark G. Tjoelker · Texas A&M University

Erik J. Veneklaas · The University of Western Australia

Rafael Villar · University of Córdoba