Annals of Botany, Vol. 93, No. 2 (February 2004), pp. 149-156 (8 pages) • Background and Aims In some dicotyledonous leaves and leaflets, the secondary veins run more-or-less straight to the margins ...
Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaf shapes play an important role in tree identification, providing key ...
• Leaf vein network geometry can predict levels of resource transport, defence and mechanical support that operate at different spatial scales. However, it is challenging to quantify network ...