Leaf Measurements

Description

Measurements of Dodonaea viscosa leaves

Format

A data frame with 252 observations on the following 5 variables.

Width

Average width (in mm)

Length

Average length (in mm)

LWRatio

Length divided by Width

Area

Area (in sq. mm)

Year

Year the leaves were collected

Details

Data on samples of leaves from the species Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (common name hopbush), which have been collected in a certain region of South Australia for many years.

Source

Guerin, G., Wen, H., Lowe, A. (2012), "Leaf morphology shift linked to climate change," Biol. Lett., 8, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0458