Abstract In the hyperarid Atacama Desert, water availability plays a crucial role in allowing
plant survival. Along with scant rainfall, marine advective fog frequently occurs along the …

Fog is an important component of the coastal climate of northern Chile and southern Peru.
Moisture and nutrients from fog maintain highly endemic vegetation (lomas) as well as …

Leaf cuticular waxes are one of the most important environment-plant interaction structural
systems that enable desert plants to withstand extreme climatic conditions. We present a …

Plant waxes, including n-alkanes, are commonly used for a wide range of paleo-
applications. Several common traits of n-alkanes that are used as paleo-proxies include …

Leaf wax n-alkanes are terrestrial plant biomarkers that have characteristics that are widely
employed as proxies for climatic conditions. Understanding the relationship between …

Forest canopy structure is a fundamental ecosystem attribute affecting regional and global
climate through primary production by CO 2 drawdown and evapotranspirative feedback …

It remains poorly understood how the composition of leaf wax n‐alkanes reflects the local
environment. This knowledge gap inhibits the interpretation of plant responses to the …

Long chain n-alkanes are plant wax biomarkers that are widely used in paleoenvironmental
reconstructions. Temperature is an important influence on the composition of leaf wax n …

Alpine meadow ecosystems are susceptible to climate changes. Still, climate impact on
cuticular wax in alpine meadow plants is poorly understood. Assessing the variations of …

In higher plants, leaf waxes provide a barrier to non-stomatal water loss, and their
composition varies both between and within species. Characteristics of n-alkanes, a suite of …