The hydraulic resistance of the leaf (R₁) is a major bottleneck in the whole plant water transport pathway and may thus be linked with the enormous variation in leaf structure and function among ...

• Background and Aims Cables composed of long, non-lignified fibre cells enclosed in a cover of much shorter thinwalled, crystal-containing cells traverse the air chambers (lacunae) in leaves of the ...

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 ...

Mother Nature is perhaps the most reliable muse, inspiring the likes of artists, scientists, and engineers with tried-and-true evolutionary designs. But many of nature’s most sophisticated structures ...