Deciduous and evergreen oaks show contrasting adaptive responses in leaf mass per area across environments

Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

(2020) Miguel Berdugo et al.   SCIENCE

Revisiting the Functional Basis of Sclerophylly Within the Leaf Economics Spectrum of Oaks: Different Roads to Rome

(2020) David Alonso-Forn et al.   Current Forestry Reports

Global patterns of biomass allocation in woody species with different tolerances of shade and drought: evidence for multiple strategies

(2020) Giacomo Puglielli et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

East Asian origins of European holly oaks ( Quercus section Ilex Loudon) via the Tibet‐Himalaya

(2019) Xiao‐Long Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Genomic landscape of the global oak phylogeny

(2019) Andrew L. Hipp et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Correlated evolution of morphology, gas exchange, growth rates and hydraulics as a response to precipitation and temperature regimes in oaks ( Quercus )

(2019) José Alberto Ramírez‐Valiente et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf-level trade-offs between drought avoidance and desiccation recovery drive elevation stratification in arid oaks

(2018) Beth Fallon et al.   Ecosphere

Diversification, adaptation, and community assembly of the American oaks (Quercus ), a model clade for integrating ecology and evolution

(2018) Jeannine Cavender-Bares   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ancient cell structural traits and photosynthesis in today’s environment

(2017) José Javier Peguero-Pina et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Sympatric parallel diversification of major oak clades in the Americas and the origins of Mexican species diversity

(2017) Andrew L. Hipp et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Cell-level anatomical characteristics explain high mesophyll conductance and photosynthetic capacity in sclerophyllous Mediterranean oaks

(2017) José Javier Peguero-Pina et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

(2017) Yusuke Onoda et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Correction: Positively selected amino acid replacements within the RuBisCO enzyme of oak trees are associated with ecological adaptations

(2017) Carmen Hermida-Carrera et al.   PLoS One

Variability of growing degree days in Poland in response to ongoing climate changes in Europe

(2016) Agnieszka Wypych et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Leaf thickness controls variation in leaf mass per area (LMA) among grazing-adapted grasses in Serengeti

(2016) Daniel M. Griffith et al.   OECOLOGIA

Costs of leaf reinforcement in response to winter cold in evergreen species

(2016) Patricia González-Zurdo et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Does the touch of cold make evergreen leaves tougher?

(2016) Ülo Niinemets   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Leaf traits in Chilean matorral: sclerophylly within, among, and beyond matorral, and its environmental determinants

(2016) Jennifer Read et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Leaf Mass per Area (LMA) and Its Relationship with Leaf Structure and Anatomy in 34 Mediterranean Woody Species along a Water Availability Gradient

(2016) Enrique G. de la Riva et al.   PLoS One

Leaf morphological and physiological adaptations of a deciduous oak (Quercus fagineaLam.) to the Mediterranean climate: a comparison with a closely related temperate species (Quercus roburL.)

(2015) José Javier Peguero-Pina et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Leaf functional plasticity decreases the water consumption without further consequences for carbon uptake inQuercus cocciferaL. under Mediterranean conditions

(2015) José Javier Peguero-Pina et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Photosynthetic ecophysiology of evergreen leaves in the woody angiosperms – a review

(2014) Tomasz P. Wyka et al.   Dendrobiology

Pressure-volume curves: revisiting the impact of negative turgor during cell collapse by literature review and simulations of cell micromechanics

(2014) Yiting Ding et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Exploring variation in leaf mass per area (LMA) from leaf to cell: An anatomical analysis of 26 woody species

(2013) Rafael Villar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The challenge of the Mediterranean climate to plant hydraulics: Responses and adaptations

(2013) Andrea Nardini et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mechanisms underlying global temperature-related patterns in leaf longevity

(2013) Kihachiro Kikuzawa et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The Evolution of Photosynthetic Anatomy in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)

(2013) David S. Chatelet et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

How do leaf veins influence the worldwide leaf economic spectrum? Review and synthesis

(2013) Lawren Sack et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Leaf venation: structure, function, development, evolution, ecology and applications in the past, present and future

(2013) Lawren Sack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Osmotic and elastic adjustments in cold desert shrubs differing in rooting depth: coping with drought and subzero temperatures

(2012) Fabian G. Scholz et al.   OECOLOGIA

Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

(2011) Yusuke Onoda et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The relationship between leaf nitrogen, nitrogen metabolites and herbivory in two species of Nyctaginaceae from the Brazilian Cerrado

(2011) Fernando Meloni et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Global quantification of contrasting leaf life span strategies for deciduous and evergreen species in response to environmental conditions

(2011) A. E. E. van Ommen Kloeke et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Patterns of leaf morphology and leaf N content in relation to winter temperatures in three evergreen tree species

(2011) Sonia Mediavilla et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Relationship between ultrasonic properties and structural changes in the mesophyll during leaf dehydration

(2011) Domingo Sancho-Knapik et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Decline of Leaf Hydraulic Conductance with Dehydration: Relationship to Leaf Size and Venation Architecture

(2011) C. Scoffoni et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Photosynthesis at an extreme end of the leaf trait spectrum: how does it relate to high leaf dry mass per area and associated structural parameters?

(2010) Foteini Hassiotou et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Leaf mesophyll diffusion conductance in 35 Australian sclerophylls covering a broad range of foliage structural and physiological variation

(2009) Ülo Niinemets et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Correlation between relative growth rate and specific leaf area requires associations of specific leaf area with nitrogen absorption rate of roots

(2008) Yoko Osone et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Photosystem II efficiency of the palisade and spongy mesophyll in Quercus coccifera using adaxial/abaxial illumination and excitation light sources with wavelengths varying in penetration into the leaf tissue

(2008) José Javier Peguero-Pina et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH