Claim · model-written summary
Leaf toughness peaked in winter.
- Taxon
- Griselinia littoralis
Griselinia littoralise1 - Outcome
- toughness valuese0
- Direction
- Higheste0
- Setting
- wintere0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Highest toughness values occurred in winter”
e1“leaves of Griselinia littoralis”
Title
Seasonal Variations in the Toughness of Leaves: A Case Study Using Griselinia littoralis
David Taylor Integrative and Comparative Biology 2024. doi:10.1093/icb/icae004
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Toughness controlled leaf mechanical integrity more than strength.
- Observation Leaf toughness varied significantly through the year by more than a factor of 2.
- Association Leaf toughness tracked daily soil temperature with a one to two week lag.
- Association Increasing spring temperature was associated with decreasing toughness.
- Observation Toughness increased again in summer despite the highest temperatures.
- Method / resource The field protocol reliably measured seasonal changes in leaf structural integrity.