Specific leaf area explains differences in leaf traits between congeneric savanna and forest trees

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Leaf traits and resprouting ability in the Mediterranean basin (2006, methodology): “WUEi (see similar results in Hoffmann et al. 2005 ).”
Differentiation of leaf water flux and drought tolerance traits in hemiepiphytic and non-hemiepiphytic Ficus tree species (2010, background): “H species had higher LMA (Table 2), typical of adaptation to drier environments (Hoffmann et al. 2005; Hao et al. 2008; Poorter et al. 2009), as well as thicker epidermises (Table S1).”
Leaf attributes and tree growth in a tropical dry forest (2011, background): “Specific leaf area (SLA) has strong positive relationships with leaf nutrient concentration, stomatal conductance, photosynthetic rate and leaf intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi) (Hoffmann et al. 2005).”
Differences in growth patterns between co-occurring forest and savanna trees affect the forest-savanna boundary (2009, background): “6) and denser crowns (Hoffmann et al. 2005a), further enhancing the rate of canopy closure and change in microclimate.”