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 ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 93, No. 2 (February 2004), pp. 149-156 (8 pages) • Background and Aims In some dicotyledonous leaves and leaflets, the secondary veins run more-or-less straight to the margins ...

Plant biologists are facing pressure to breed plants that can respond to changing environments. One method of monitoring the response of plants to different environments is by studying their vein ...

• Leaf vein network geometry can predict levels of resource transport, defence and mechanical support that operate at different spatial scales. However, it is challenging to quantify network ...