Specific Leaf Area (DataID 12)

Specific leaf area (SLA): The one sided area of a fresh leaf devided by its oven-dry mass. By default: whole leaves including petioles, rachis and veins; relatively young but fully expanded leaves from the outer canopy (photosynthetically most active leaves); be aware of difference between "one sided" and "projected" leaf area, especially for needles.

Database entries for SLA (DataID 12, incl. data submitted in terms of LMA)

• 50956 entries
• 30306 entries geographically referenced
• 8509 species characterised

Geographical distribution of entries

Entries in climate space

mean annual temperature and mean annual precipitation, SLA in cm2/g

Histogram of geo-referenced entries

Entries by contributed datasets (Contribution ID)