… humidity can affect the composition of higher plant leaf wax. The abundance and distribution
of leaf wax … of how environmental changes affect leaf wax n-alkane distributions in living …

… 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 …

… = 0.96, p < 0.01) for bulk leaves and +1.45 ± 0.33‰ km −1 (… These carbon isotopic gradients
are defined in multi-species … to adiabatic gradients, environmental variables, leaf wax n-…

… 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 …

… the gradient. We find both xylem water and leaf wax δD values of individuals correlate (R 2
… As both processes are modulated by climate (including relative humidity and temperature) …

… supporting previous observations that leaf wax lipid δD values … The apparent fractionation
(ε app ) between leaf wax lipid … the latitudinal gradient encompassing a relative humidity range …

… sites across a regional humidity gradient in northern … humidity gradient is related to a shifting
in traits of green and senesced leaves with some overlapping among life forms, and (2) leaf …

… isotopic gradient is active regeneration of leaf waxes using leaf water immediately at the site
of leaf wax … Therefore, relative humidity conditions are unlikely to be the main cause for the …

… Increasingly established are hydrogen isotopic compositions (δD value) of leaf wax n-…
relative humidity (RH) gradient, respectively, in a semi-arid area in Argentina on grass leaf wax n-…

… leaf water (δD lw ) to understand their impact on the δD values of plant leaf wax n-alkanes (δD
wax … four sites across an aridity gradient (80–30% relative humidity) in southern California. …