… In this study, we analyze leaf wax n-alkanes and their δ 2 H wax values in marine surface …
along a strong aridity gradient in Chile. The gradient spans from the humid to the hyperarid …

… We found that the leaf wax composition was dominated by n-… Significant differences were
found in leaf wax distribution (… function of the wax in preventing water loss from the leaves. The …

… Air temperature and relative humidity were monitored by built-in growth chamber sensors. …
leaf mass per unit leaf area (LMA; leaf mass in g divided by leaf area in m 2 ), and leaf dry …

… is mainly characterized by humid and semi-humid, while the … , which transports warm and
humid water vapor from the … Autonomous Region relatively more humid than the southern part. …

… intervals had summer relative humidity up to 30% lower than the Holocene mean. This seems
like a large change, given that the modern summer relative humidity gradient is only 20% …

… In this work, the latitude had a greater effect on leaf wax … gradient is more sharper than that
on the longitude gradient (… and humidity, and under the lower temperature and humidity, more …

… of leaf wax n-alkanes was recently proposed in humid tropical … leaf wax n-alkane distribution,
hydrogen (δ 2 H wax ) and … in recording the altitudinal gradient of the isotopic composition …

… δ 13 C bulk values of leaves, leaf wax concentrations, and leaf wax δ 13 C n -alkane and δ 2
… relative humidity, and light intensity have been shown to have a lesser impact on leaf wax δ …

… To characterize the distribution of chain lengths of leaf wax, we calculated the average chain
length (ACL) metric for n-alkanes and n-alkanols in the two species (Eq. (3):(3) ACL = ∑ K …

… forces (gradients between water potentials inside leaves and … , and basically 100% relative
humidity due to growth in petri … of the characteristic leaf wax functional substance classes …