000827757 001__ 827757 000827757 005__ 20210129225923.0 000827757 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1111/ele.12739 000827757 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1461-023X 000827757 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1461-023x 000827757 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1461-0248 000827757 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000397100900002 000827757 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:16454865 000827757 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:28198076 000827757 037__ $$aFZJ-2017-01863 000827757 041__ $$aEnglish 000827757 082__ $$a570 000827757 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aJohn, Grace P.$$b0 000827757 245__ $$aThe anatomical and compositional basis of leaf mass per area 000827757 260__ $$aOxford [u.a.]$$bWiley-Blackwell$$c2017 000827757 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000827757 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000827757 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1491891559_19693 000827757 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000827757 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000827757 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000827757 520__ $$aLeaf dry mass per unit leaf area (LMA) is a central trait in ecology, but its anatomical and compositional basis has been unclear. An explicit mathematical and physical framework for quantifying the cell and tissue determinants of LMA will enable tests of their influence on species, communities and ecosystems. We present an approach to explaining LMA from the numbers, dimensions and mass densities of leaf cells and tissues, which provided unprecedented explanatory power for 11 broadleaved woody angiosperm species diverse in LMA (33–262 g m−2; R2 = 0.94; P < 0.001). Across these diverse species, and in a larger comparison of evergreen vs. deciduous angiosperms, high LMA resulted principally from larger cell sizes, greater major vein allocation, greater numbers of mesophyll cell layers and higher cell mass densities. This explicit approach enables relating leaf anatomy and composition to a wide range of processes in physiological, evolutionary, community and macroecology. 000827757 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-582$$a582 - Plant Science (POF3-582)$$cPOF3-582$$fPOF III$$x0 000827757 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef 000827757 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aScoffoni, Christine$$b1 000827757 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aBuckley, Thomas N.$$b2 000827757 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aVillar, Rafael$$b3 000827757 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)129384$$aPoorter, Hendrik$$b4$$ufzj 000827757 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aSack, Lawren$$b5$$eCorresponding author 000827757 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)2020195-3$$a10.1111/ele.12739$$n4$$p412–425 $$tEcology letters$$v20$$x1461-023X$$y2017 000827757 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:827757$$pVDB 000827757 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)129384$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b4$$kFZJ 000827757 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-582$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF3-580$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF3-500$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF3$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bKey Technologies$$lKey Technologies for the Bioeconomy$$vPlant Science$$x0 000827757 9141_ $$y2017 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0100$$2StatID$$aJCR$$bECOL LETT : 2015 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0200$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bSCOPUS 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0300$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bMedline 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0310$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bNCBI Molecular Biology Database 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0600$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bEbsco Academic Search 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0030$$2StatID$$aPeer Review$$bASC 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0199$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bThomson Reuters Master Journal List 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0110$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bWeb of Science Core Collection 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0111$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index Expanded 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1060$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bCurrent Contents - Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1040$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bZoological Record 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1050$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bBIOSIS Previews 000827757 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)9910$$2StatID$$aIF >= 10$$bECOL LETT : 2015 000827757 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118$$kIBG-2$$lPflanzenwissenschaften$$x0 000827757 980__ $$ajournal 000827757 980__ $$aVDB 000827757 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118 000827757 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED