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Overstorey leaf area and internode length increased as soil nutrients decreased.
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e0“Leaf Area and Internode Length of foliage shoots of dicotyledonous overstorey species become greater in magnitude as soils of plant communities decrease in nutrients”
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R. L. Specht; David J. Yates Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) 1990
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- Observation Heathy open-forest and heathland overstoreys grew during summer, producing large leaves and long internodes.
- Observation Savanna and rainforest overstoreys grew during spring and autumn.
- Association Reduced solar radiation was associated with reduced leaf area development in nutrient-rich understoreys.
- Observation Understorey foliage shoots showed little change in leaf specific area and internode length, except in cool Nothofagus forest.
- Observation Understorey plants in nutrient-poor ecosystems produced small leaves and short internodes.
- Mechanism Compact leaves increased stem-air interface temperature under direct solar radiation and still air.
- Mechanism Increased stem-air temperature induced earlier shoot growth and flowering in understorey shoots.
- Mechanism The authors interpreted these foliage attributes as an evolutionary response optimizing photosynthesis on nutrient-poor soils.
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