Early studies of nutrient cycling in moist tropical forests described productive forests rich in
nutrients (98, 114, 176) in which rates of primary production and the amounts of nutrients …

Leaves or their functional analogues provide outstanding opportunities for comparative
studies. Here, I use leaves to illustrate the crucial role of ecological, biogeographic and …

From the reviews of the 3rd edition:" The textbook of Walter Larcher (...) belongs certainly to
the most successful manuals that ever existed."(Photosynthetica, Czech Republic)"(...) it …

Summary 1 Relationships were examined among photosynthetic capacity (Amass and
Aarea), foliar dark respiration rate (Rd‐mass and Rd‐area), stomatal conductance to water …

Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information
available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur. Yet a …

Are plants at high altitudes short in nutrients? In order to answer this question the mineral
nutrient content of leaves from over 150 plant species from 9 different mountain areas of all …

Warmth, moisture, and constancy are the environmental factors responsible for the
potentially high productivity of the humid tropical lowlands. Ironically, they are also the …

This study is part of a series of investigations on the influence of altitude on structure and
function of plant leaves. Unlike most other mountain areas, the Southern Alps of New …

Nine terrestrial ecozones are distinguished and described in separate chapters. Each of
these regional chapters is subdivided by the same headings, ie distribution, climate, relief …

Sun leaves of Metrosideros polymorpha were collected in 51 sites on 9 lava flows that
represented gradients of elevation, precipitation, substrate age, and substrate texture on …