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@ARTICLE{Villar:890353,
      author       = {Villar, Rafael and Olmo, Manuel and Atienza, Pedro and
                      Garzón, Antonio J. and Wright, Ian J. and Poorter, Hendrik
                      and Hierro, Luis A.},
      title        = {{A}pplying the economic concept of profitability to leaves},
      journal      = {Scientific reports},
      volume       = {11},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {2045-2322},
      address      = {[London]},
      publisher    = {Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2021-00898},
      pages        = {49},
      year         = {2021},
      abstract     = {Economic principles can be extended to biological organisms
                      as they optimize the use of resources, but their use in
                      biology has been limited. We applied concepts from
                      traditional economics to the main production unit of plants,
                      the leaf. We quantified the profitability (profit/cost of
                      investment) of leaves from seven biomes worldwide and
                      compared those to the profitability of companies. Here we
                      demonstrate for the first time key similarities and
                      differences between leaf and human economics. First, there
                      was a weak, but positive relationship between profitability
                      and size, both for leaves and companies. Second, environment
                      has a strong effect on profitability, with high values in
                      leaves from biomes with short growth periods and, for
                      companies associated with innovation. Third, shorter
                      longevity of productive units was related to higher
                      profitability. In summary, by comparing economic behaviours
                      of plants and humans there is potential to develop new
                      perspectives on plant ecological strategies and plant
                      evolution.},
      cin          = {IBG-2},
      ddc          = {600},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118},
      pnm          = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {33420171},
      UT           = {WOS:000634374700041},
      doi          = {10.1038/s41598-020-79709-w},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/890353},
}