J. P. Puyravaud

TL;DR: Variation in leaf structure and anatomy among species and species groups has a strong genetic basis and is already expressed early in the development of woody plants, as shown predominantly by species from resource-poor environments.

TL;DR: This paper is the first to test and compare the correspondence of interspecific rankings between laboratory grown seedlings and field grown adult plants for a wide range of functional leaf and stem traits.

TL;DR: It was suggested that fast-growers require a xylem with wide conduits to achieve high hydraulic conductivity, and “cheaply” constructed stems to maximise allocation to leaves, but the possession of such traits does not guarantee fast growth, as other factors may constrain RGR elsewhere in the plant.

TL;DR: It is concluded that seedlings of ecologically wide-ranging woody species converge in their allometric scaling of conduit diameters within and across plant organs, which will contribute to modeling of water transport in woody vegetation.

TL;DR: The relationships of stomatal traits and xylem anatomical traits from the entire plant to individual leaves across seedlings of 53 European woody angiosperm species are examined to deepen the understanding of the design rules of plants' water transport network.