Trade-offs among leaf toughness, constitutive chemical defense, and growth rates in oaks are influenced by the level of leaf mass per area
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2023
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Sancho Knapik, DomingoMartín Sánchez, Rubén
Alonso Forn, David
Peguero Pina, José Javier
Ferrio Díaz, Juan Pedro
Gil Pelegrín, Eustaquio
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Among the variety of leaf defensive strategies to counteract herbivory attacks, the oak species analyzed in this study maximize investment in no more than one, with high-LMA oaks developing very tough leaves and low-LMA oaks favoring between high concentrations of condensed tannins or high growth rates.
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Sancho-Knapik, D., Martín-Sánchez, R., Alonso-Forn, D., Peguero-Pina, J. J., Ferrio, J. P., & Gil-Pelegrín, E. (2023). Trade-offs among leaf toughness, constitutive chemical defense, and growth rates in oaks are influenced by the level of leaf mass per area. Annals of Forest Science, 80(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-023-01204-9
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TaninosQuercus
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Hojas
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Este trabajo ha contado con el apoyo de la beca CNS2022-136156 financiada por MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y de la Unión Europea Next Generation EU/PRTR, por la subvención PID2019-106701RR-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, y por el Grupo de investigación S74_23R del Gobierno de Aragón.