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  • Leaf economics fundamentals explained by optimality principles 
    Wang, Han; Colin Prentice, Prentice; Wright, Ian J.; Warton, David I.; Qiao, Shengchao; Xu, Xiangtao; Zhou, Jian; Kikuzawa, Kihachiro; Stenseth, Nils Christian (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    The life span of leaves increases with their mass per unit area (LMA). It is unclear why. Here, we show that this empirical generalization (the foundation of the worldwide leaf economics spectrum) is a consequence of natural ...