… wax and serve as part of the plant’s first barrier from the external environment, protecting the
leaf … Early studies suggest that leaf wax n-alkanes accumulate rapidly during leaf maturation …

… the bud phase to leaf senescence. In this study, we addressed when leaf waxes of broadleaf
… of modern deciduous tree leaf-wax n-alkanes vary after the time of wax synthesis. We then …

… Thus, long-chain n-alkanes have a great potential when … Moreover, the n-alkane distributions
of the topsoils do not show … organic matter can affect the leaf wax n-alkane distribution, we …

… leaf economic strategy to increase leaf mass per unit area with elevation, provides a theoretical
basis for understanding the increase in leaf wax n-alkane … with increased leaf lifespan …

… potentially affects the fidelity of leaf wax n-alkane biomarkers for paleohydroclimate calibration…
terrestrial leaf wax n-alkane biomarkers from three aspects: leaf wax n-alkane distribution (…

… The results of our study showed that leaf wax alkanes extracted from Pinales needles are
good chemotaxonomic markers, able to allow separation at the familial and subfamilial level. …

We measured hydrogen isotope compositions (δD) of high-molecular-weight n-alkanes (C
27 –C 33 ) from grasses grown in greenhouses and collected from the US Great Plains. In …

… In this study, we compiled globally published n-alkanes δ 13 C … These results indicate that
n-alkane δ 13 C values in C 3 … Our study supports use of leaf wax n-alkane δ 13 C values to …

… to test whether the mechanical dismemberment of the leaf structure has an impact on total
n-alkane yield. Finally, we studied the distribution of leaf wax n-alkanes along the longitudinal …

… The environmental controls on leaf wax n-alkane distributions and associated interpretation
… may impart strong controls upon leaf wax synthesis. Leaf wax n-alkane data from 215 plants …