Leaf shape and venation pattern alter the support investments within leaf lamina in temperate species: a neglected source of leaf physiological differentiation?

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Ecology of Leaf Longevity (2011, background): “Niinemets et al. (2007a) reported a strong correlation between LDMC and leaf longevity for 44 species in deciduous forests in Estonia and showed that species with higher LDMC had cell walls more resistant to deformation under turgor pressure.”
Viewing leaf structure and evolution from a hydraulic perspective (2010, background): “…size in plants grown under low light (Givnish 1987; Abrams and Kubiske 1990) suggests that the economic benefits of large leaf size for reducing the proportion of mechanical support costs (Westoby and Wright 2003; Niinemets et al. 2007a) become important in the understorey (Saldaña et al. 2007).”