Architecture Xiamen

Jul 19, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Long Chen |Ke He |Peijian Shi |Architecture Xiamen

1 INTRODUCTION Foliage leaves are the principal photosynthesis organs of the majority of vascular land plants (Esau, 1965), and the interplay among leaf functional traits at different life stages reflects fundamental trade-offs in resource acquisition for growth and reproduction under specific environmental conditions (Falster et al., 2018; Jiao et al., 2024; Song & Jin, 2023). A whole leaf typically consists of an expanded lamina and a cantilevered beam-like petiole.