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Connecting Roots to Leaves: Studying the Diversity of Plant Functions in a Temperate Forest

When looking at forests, we hardly get to see beyond a bunch of green. However, for a plant ecologist, forests represent a much more complex world consisting of different species. This diversity of ...
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Nitrogen supply and the control of expansive growth and function in leaves and roots

Plant and Soil, Vol. 155/156, Selected papers from the PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION COLLOQUIUM (October 1993), pp. 195-198 (4 pages) In plants which have acclimatized to ...
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A Theoretical Approach to Linking the Composition and Morphology with the Function of Leaves

1. In this paper we develop a theoretical framework for describing the composition and morphology of leaves on a volumetric basis which is inclusive of both the liquids and internal air space. That ...
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Scientists are shooting plants with lasers to unravel mysteries of how they function: 'We previously had basically no access to this measurement'

Researchers at the Yale School of the Environment have developed a laser-based method to study how plants adjust their internal functions according to changing environmental stimuli such as ...